¹⁶ He gave you manna^(A) to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known,^(B) to humble and test^(C) you so that in the end it might go well with you.

⁴⁰ I will make an everlasting covenant^(A) with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire^(B) them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.^{(C) 41} I will rejoice^(D) in doing them good^(E) and will assuredly plant^(F) them in this land with all my heart and soul.^(G)

¹¹ I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful^(A) and become numerous. I will settle people^(B) on you as in the past^(C) and will make you prosper more than before.^(D) Then you will know that I am the Lord.