³⁷ They sowed fields and planted vineyards^(A)
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;
³⁸ he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,^(B)
    and he did not let their herds diminish.^(C)

³⁹ Then their numbers decreased,^(D) and they were humbled^(E)
    by oppression, calamity and sorrow;