10. Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
11. The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached unto the heavens, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.
12. Its leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
13. I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the heavens;
14. he cried aloud, and said thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts get away from under it, and the birds from its branches.