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10 “In the vision I saw as I lay in my bed, I next beheld a holy sentinel coming down from heaven. 11 He shouted loudly:

“ ‘Hew down the tree and lop off its branches;
    strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit.
12 However, leave the stump and its roots in the ground,
    bound with iron and bronze
    in the grass of the field.
Let him be bathed by the dew of heaven,
    and let his lot be to eat, among wild beasts,
    the grass of the earth.

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10 These are the visions I saw while lying in bed:(A) I looked, and there before me stood a tree in the middle of the land. Its height was enormous.(B) 11 The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth.(C) 12 Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant, and on it was food for all. Under it the wild animals found shelter, and the birds lived in its branches;(D) from it every creature was fed.

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