⁷ "For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, That the tender branch of it will not cease.

¹⁰ He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. My hope he has plucked up like a tree.

⁶ In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the surface of the world with fruit.

¹⁴ If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Until my release should come.

¹ There shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.

¹⁵ Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth:

²³ Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and saying, Hew down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of the roots of it in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him;

²⁴ this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come on my lord the king:

²⁵ that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and you shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whoever he will.