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11 He shouted loudly:

“ ‘Hew down the tree and lop off its branches;
    strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit.
12 However, leave the stump and its roots in the ground,
    bound with iron and bronze
    in the grass of the field.
Let him be bathed by the dew of heaven,
    and let his lot be to eat, among wild beasts,
    the grass of the earth.
13 Let his mind be changed from that of a human,
    and let the mind of a beast be given to him,
    until seven years pass over him.

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