10 In my mind, as I lay in bed, I saw a vision:At the center of the earth was a towering tree.
11 The tree grew in size and strength;it was as high as the sky;it could be seen from every corner of the earth.
12 Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant;it had enough food for everyone.Wild animals took shade under it;birds nested in its branches.All living things lived off that tree.
13 “In my mind, as I lay in bed, I saw another vision: A holy watcher came down from heaven.
14 He proclaimed loudly:‘Cut down the tree and shear off its branches!Strip its leaves and scatter its fruit!The creatures should flee from its shelter;the birds should take flight from its branches.
15 But leave its deepest root in the earth,bound with iron and bronze in the field grass.Dew from heaven is to wash it,and it must live with the animals in the earth’s vegetation.
16 Its human mind is to be changed:it will be given the mind of an animal.Seven periods of time will pass over it.