As a result of Mere’s choice to live by Bible principles, her husband and his relatives treated her cruelly, and fellow villagers snubbed her.
وبسبب اختيارها العيش وفق مبادئ الكتاب المقدس ،‏ عاملها هو وأقرباؤه بقسوة ،‏ وازدرى بها اهل القرية .‏