You will be driven away from people and live among wild animals; you will eat grass like oxen, and seven times will pass over you until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of men and gives power to whomever he wishes.
These words were still on the king’s lips when a voice came down from heaven: “King Nebuchadnezzar, I speak to you: your empire is finished.
the king said: “Is this not the great Babylon I built with the strength of my own power as my royal residence, and for the glory of my majesty?”
May it then please the king to accept my advice: remove your sins through deeds of justice, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; then perhaps you may extend your prosperity.
The command to leave the stump and its roots signifies that you will regain your kingdom once you acknowledge that all authority comes from heaven.
You will be driven out from among people and live among the wild animals of the field. You will eat grass like the oxen and be soaked by the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass over you until you acknowledge that the Most High is above all human authority and that he grants power
Now I will explain it to you: This is the decree of the Most High concerning the king, my lord.
Now, regarding what the king has seen: a watchful one, a holy one, who came down from heaven and said, “Cut the tree down; destroy it, but leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with iron and bronze; let him be soaked with the dew of heaven and share the lot of
