¹¹ The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth.^{(A) 12} Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant, and on it was food for all. Under it the wild animals found shelter, and the birds lived in its branches;^(B) from it every creature was fed.

¹³ “In the visions I saw while lying in bed,^(C) I looked, and there before me was a holy one,^(D) a messenger,^[a] coming down from heaven.