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'Now these were the ^(C1)visions ^(F1)in my mind as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold, there was a ^(C2)tree in the middle of the ^(F2)earth and its height was great.

-'The tree grew large and became strong And its height ^(C1)reached to the sky, And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

-'Its foliage was ^(C1)beautiful and its fruit abundant, And in it was food for all. The ^(C2)animals of the field ^(F1)found ^(C3)shade under it, And the ^(C4)birds of the sky lived in its branches, And all ^(F2)living creatures fed from it.

'I was looking in the ^(C1)visions ^(F1)in my mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, ^(C2)an angelic watcher, a ^(C3)holy one, descended from heaven.

-'He shouted out and spoke as follows: "^(C1)Chop down the tree and cut off its branches, Shake off its foliage and scatter its fruit; Let the ^(C2)animals flee from under it And the birds from its branches.

-"Yet ^(C1)leave the stump ^(F1)with its roots in the ground, 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 ^(F2)him share with the animals in the grass of the earth.

-"Let his ^(F1)mind change from that of a human And let an animal's ^(F1)mind be given to him, And let ^(C1)seven ^(F2)periods of time pass over him.