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Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » From God
Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
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“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
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my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;
You placed burdens on our backs.
we are terrified by Your wrath.
I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.
“Son of man, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow.
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Afflictions » From God
Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
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“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
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my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;
You placed burdens on our backs.
we are terrified by Your wrath.
I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.
“Son of man, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow.
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Bereavement » Instances of » Naomi, of her husband
Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons.
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both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two children and without her husband.
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"Don't call me Naomi. Call me Mara," she answered, "for the Almighty has made me very bitter. I left full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has pronounced [judgment] on me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?"
The Dead » Mourning for » Examples of grief
“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
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Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
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So the people went to Bethel and sat there before God until evening. They wept loudly and bitterly,
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All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.
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This is what the Lord says:
A voice was heard in Ramah,
a lament with bitter weeping—
Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted for her children
because they are no more.
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a lament with bitter weeping—
Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted for her children
because they are no more.
When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, He was angry in His spirit and deeply moved.
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But Mary stood outside facing the tomb, crying. As she was crying, she stooped to look into the tomb.
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So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him to the room upstairs. And all the widows approached him, weeping and showing him the robes and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
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Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
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But Jacob answered, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.”
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Mourning » Examples of grief
“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
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Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
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So the people went to Bethel and sat there before God until evening. They wept loudly and bitterly,
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All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.
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This is what the Lord says:
A voice was heard in Ramah,
a lament with bitter weeping—
Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted for her children
because they are no more.
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a lament with bitter weeping—
Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted for her children
because they are no more.
When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, He was angry in His spirit and deeply moved.
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But Mary stood outside facing the tomb, crying. As she was crying, she stooped to look into the tomb.
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So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him to the room upstairs. And all the widows approached him, weeping and showing him the robes and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
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Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
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But Jacob answered, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.”
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Trials » From God
Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.
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“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
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my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;
You placed burdens on our backs.
we are terrified by Your wrath.
I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.
“Son of man, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow.
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Women » Good » Ruth
Her sons took Moabite women as their wives: one was named Orpah and the second was named Ruth. After they lived in Moab about 10 years,
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Again they wept loudly, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law." But Ruth replied: Do not persuade me to leave you or go back and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. read more.
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord do this to me, and even more, if anything but death separates you and me. When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her. The two of them traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was excited about their arrival and [the local women] exclaimed, "Can this be Naomi?" "Don't call me Naomi. Call me Mara," she answered, "for the Almighty has made me very bitter. I left full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has pronounced [judgment] on me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?" So Naomi came back from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord do this to me, and even more, if anything but death separates you and me. When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her. The two of them traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was excited about their arrival and [the local women] exclaimed, "Can this be Naomi?" "Don't call me Naomi. Call me Mara," she answered, "for the Almighty has made me very bitter. I left full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has pronounced [judgment] on me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?" So Naomi came back from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.