Daniel 4:10-14 ▼

10 This is what I saw in the visions of my head while I was in bed: I was looking and—listen carefully!—I saw a tree in the middle of the earth, the height of which was very great.

11 The tree grew large, became strong, and its top reached the sky. It could be seen to the ends of the earth.

12 Its foliage was beautiful, its fruit bountiful, and its food sufficient for everyone. The animals of the field found shade under it, the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and every creature was fed from it.

13 |Then I saw in the visions of my head while I was in bed—and take careful notice!—I saw a holy observer descend from heaven.

14 He called out aloud: 'Cut down the tree and cut off its branches. Strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit. Let the animals get out from under it, and let the birds leave its branches.