¹⁰ ‘Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Because ^[a]it is lofty in height and has put its top among the ^[b]clouds, and its ^(A)heart is high up in its loftiness, ¹¹ therefore I will give it into the hand of a ^[c](B)dominant one of the nations; he will thoroughly deal with it. According to its wickedness I have ^(C)driven it away. ^12 (D)Strangers—^(E)ruthless ones of the nations have cut it down and abandoned it; on the ^(F)mountains and in all the valleys its foliage have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have ^(G)gone down from its shade and abandoned it. ¹³ On its downfall all the ^(H)birds of the sky will dwell, and all the beasts of the field will be on its fallen branches ¹⁴ so that all the trees by the waters may not be lofty in their height, nor put their top among the ^[d]clouds, nor their dominant ones—all the ^[e]well-watered ones—stand in their loftiness. For they have all been given over to death, to the ^(I)earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.”

²³ But in that the king saw a watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, “^(A)Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet leave the stump ^[a]with its roots in the earth, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, and let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let ^[b]him share with the beasts of the field until ^(B)seven ^[c]periods of time pass over him,”

¹⁰ And the ^(A)axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore ^(B)every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

^19 (A)Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

⁷ And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree ^[a]without finding any. ^(A)Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’ ⁸ And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in manure, ⁹ and if it bears fruit next year, fine, but if not, cut it down.’”