^12 (A)Its leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. ^(B)The beasts of the field found shade under it, and ^(C)the birds of the heavens lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.

^23 (A)On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. ^(B)And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest.

¹⁹ It is like ^(A)a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”

No One Knows That Day or Hour

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

³² It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”

^6 (A)Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ^(B)my servant, ^(C)and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him. ^7 (D)All the nations shall serve him and ^(E)his son and ^(F)his grandson, ^(G)until the time of his own land comes. ^(H)Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.