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.

13 “I saw in (D)the visions of my head as I lay in bed, and behold, (E)a watcher, (F)a holy one, came down from heaven. 14 He (G)proclaimed aloud and said thus: (H)‘Chop down the tree and (I)lop off its branches, (J)strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. (K)Let the beasts flee from under it and the birds from its branches.

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