²⁸ Otherwise, the country^(A) from which you brought us will say, ‘Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them,^(B) he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’^(C)

²⁰ When the Lord your God has enlarged your territory^(A) as he promised^(B) you, and you crave meat^(C) and say, “I would like some meat,” then you may eat as much of it as you want.