14 He called out loudly:

Cut down the tree and chop off its branches;
strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit.
Let the animals flee from under it,
and the birds from its branches.(A)
15 But leave the stump with its roots in the ground(B)
and with a band of iron and bronze around it
in the tender grass of the field.
Let him be drenched with dew from the sky
and share the plants of the earth(C)
with the animals.
16 Let his mind be changed from that of a human,
and let him be given the mind of an animal
for seven periods of time.[a][b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:16 Lit animal as seven times pass over him
  2. 4:16 Perhaps seven years

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