21 whose leaves were lovely and its fruit abundant, in which was food for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and in whose branches the birds of the heaven had their home— 22 (A)it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown and reaches to the heavens, (B)and your dominion to the end of the earth.

23 (C)“And inasmuch as the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its stump and roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze in the tender grass of the field; let it be wet with the dew of heaven, (D)and let him graze with the beasts of the field, till seven [a]times pass over him’;

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:23 Possibly years

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