Daniel 4:19–27

Then ↦Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, ↦let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, ↦My lord, ↦the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.⇉⇇

The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;⇉⇇

Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:⇇

It is ↦thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for ↦thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.⇇

And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, ↦and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;⇇

This is the interpretation, O king, and this is ↦the decree of the most High, which is ↦come upon my lord the king:⇇

That they shall ↦drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee ↦to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, ↦till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.⇇

And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that ↦the heavens do rule.⇇

Wherefore, O king, ↦let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and ↦break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities ↦by shewing mercy to the poor; ↦if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.⇇