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Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » From God
Learn this lesson by heart: Jehovah your God disciplined you like parents discipline their children.
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She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter.
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The Almighty's arrows are in me. My spirit drinks in their poison. God's terrors set themselves against me.
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I was at ease, but he shattered me. He has grabbed me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces. He has also set me up as his target.
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You have trapped us in a net. You have laid burdens on our backs.
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Your anger consumes us. We are troubled by your rage.
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For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping. This is because of your indignation and your anger. You have lifted me up and cast me away.
Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow. You will, however, not mourn and you will not weep, and your tears will not come.
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Afflictions » From God
Learn this lesson by heart: Jehovah your God disciplined you like parents discipline their children.
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She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter.
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The Almighty's arrows are in me. My spirit drinks in their poison. God's terrors set themselves against me.
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I was at ease, but he shattered me. He has grabbed me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces. He has also set me up as his target.
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You have trapped us in a net. You have laid burdens on our backs.
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Your anger consumes us. We are troubled by your rage.
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For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping. This is because of your indignation and your anger. You have lifted me up and cast me away.
Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow. You will, however, not mourn and you will not weep, and your tears will not come.
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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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Mahlon and Chilion also died. Naomi was left all alone. She had no husband or sons.
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She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter. I went away full, and Jehovah sent me back empty. Why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that Jehovah has given witness against me, and the Almighty has brought sorrow to me?
The Dead » Mourning for » Examples of grief
The king was shaken by the news. He went to the room above the gate and cried. My son Absalom! He said. My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!
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She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter.
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Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to cry because of her death.
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The people of Israel went to Bethel and sat there in the presence of God until evening. They lifted their voices and wept bitterly.
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All his sons and daughters came to comfort him. However, he refused to be comforted. He said: I will go down to the grave still mourning for my son. So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.
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This is what Jehovah says: 'A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of crying in bitter grief. Rachel is crying for her children. She refuses to be comforted, because they are dead.'
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Jesus groaned in his spirit and was troubled when he saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her weeping.
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Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. She stooped and looked into the tomb.
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Peter went to them right a way. When he arrived they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.
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Then Job got up and tore his clothes in grief. He shaved his head and threw himself face down on the ground.
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Jacob replied: My son will not go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If any harm comes to him on the trip you are taking, the grief would drive this gray-haired old man to his grave!
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Mourning » Examples of grief
The king was shaken by the news. He went to the room above the gate and cried. My son Absalom! He said. My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!
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She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter.
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Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to cry because of her death.
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The people of Israel went to Bethel and sat there in the presence of God until evening. They lifted their voices and wept bitterly.
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All his sons and daughters came to comfort him. However, he refused to be comforted. He said: I will go down to the grave still mourning for my son. So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.
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This is what Jehovah says: 'A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of crying in bitter grief. Rachel is crying for her children. She refuses to be comforted, because they are dead.'
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Jesus groaned in his spirit and was troubled when he saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her weeping.
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Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. She stooped and looked into the tomb.
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Peter went to them right a way. When he arrived they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.
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Then Job got up and tore his clothes in grief. He shaved his head and threw himself face down on the ground.
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Jacob replied: My son will not go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If any harm comes to him on the trip you are taking, the grief would drive this gray-haired old man to his grave!
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Trials » From God
Learn this lesson by heart: Jehovah your God disciplined you like parents discipline their children.
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She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter.
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The Almighty's arrows are in me. My spirit drinks in their poison. God's terrors set themselves against me.
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I was at ease, but he shattered me. He has grabbed me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces. He has also set me up as his target.
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You have trapped us in a net. You have laid burdens on our backs.
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Your anger consumes us. We are troubled by your rage.
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For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping. This is because of your indignation and your anger. You have lifted me up and cast me away.
Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow. You will, however, not mourn and you will not weep, and your tears will not come.
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Women » Good » Ruth
They took two women of Moab as their wives. One was Orpah and the other Ruth. They made their home there for about ten years.
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They started crying again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye and went back home. Ruth held on to her. Naomi said to her: Ruth, your sister-in-law went back to her people and her gods. Go back home with her. Ruth replied: Do not ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. read more.
Wherever you die, I will die. That is where I will be buried. May Jehovah's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you! When she saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said no more. The two of them traveled to Bethlehem. When they arrived at Bethlehem the whole town was excited because of them. The women said: Is this Naomi? She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter. I went away full, and Jehovah sent me back empty. Why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that Jehovah has given witness against me, and the Almighty has brought sorrow to me? So Naomi came back out of the country of Moab. Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, came with her. They came to Bethlehem in the first days of the barley harvest.
Wherever you die, I will die. That is where I will be buried. May Jehovah's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you! When she saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said no more. The two of them traveled to Bethlehem. When they arrived at Bethlehem the whole town was excited because of them. The women said: Is this Naomi? She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter. I went away full, and Jehovah sent me back empty. Why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that Jehovah has given witness against me, and the Almighty has brought sorrow to me? So Naomi came back out of the country of Moab. Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, came with her. They came to Bethlehem in the first days of the barley harvest.