Looks like Naomi got her comeuppance for leaving Israel! It is also possible that the women of the town have heard of all that she has been through and are concerned for her. Perhaps they sympathize with her and pity her. Whatever their tone, they can hardly believe that this is the woman they once knew. Naomi has changed. No doubt she has changed physically after ten years. Physical appearance—hair color, weight change, a lined face—is one of the first things we notice in a person that we have not