13 “I saw in the visions of my head while on my bed, and there was (A)a watcher, (B)a holy one, coming down from heaven. 14 He cried [a]aloud and said thus:

(C)‘Chop down the tree and cut off its branches,
Strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit.
(D)Let the beasts get out from under it,
And the birds from its branches.
15 Nevertheless leave the 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,
And let him graze with the beasts
On the grass of the earth.
16 Let his heart be changed from that of a man,
Let him be given the heart of a beast,
And let seven (E)times[b] pass over him.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:14 Lit. with strength
  2. Daniel 4:16 Possibly years

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