Daniel 4:20–26

²⁰The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky and was visible to the whole earth, ²¹and whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant—and on it was food for all, under it the wild animals lived, and in its branches the birds of the sky lived—²²that tree is you, Your Majesty. For you have become great and strong: your greatness has grown and even reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.^x

²³“The king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground and with a band of iron and bronze around it in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with dew from the sky and share food with the wild animals for seven periods of time.’ ²⁴This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the decree of the Most High that has been issued against my lord the king:^{a 25}You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like cattle^b and be drenched with dew from the sky for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms, and he gives them to anyone he wants.^{c 26}As for the command to leave the tree’s stump with its roots, your kingdom will be restored^A to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven^B rules.^d