²⁵ You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched^(A) with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High^(B) is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.^{(C) 26} The command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots^(D) means that your kingdom will be restored to you when you acknowledge that Heaven rules.^(E)

²⁹ Twelve months later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,