²³ On the mountain heights^(A) of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit^(B) and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.^(C)

¹⁹ It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree,^(A) and the birds perched in its branches.”^(B)

The Day and Hour Unknown

³² “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.^(A)

³² Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”^(A)

⁶ Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant^(A) Nebuchadnezzar^(B) king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.^{(C) 7} All nations will serve^(D) him and his son and his grandson until the time^(E) for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate^(F) him.