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The prime minister, always obedient to the demands of his sovereign,
hastened into the presence of Nebuchadnezzar, where he was received with
the most profound respect.
"O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit
of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the
visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
Thus were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw a tree in the midst of
the earth, and the height thereof was great. The tree grew, and was
strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof
to the end of all the earth; the leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit
thereof much, and in it was meat for all; the beasts of the field had
shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof,
and all flesh was fed of it. I saw in the vision of my head upon my bed,
and behold a watcher, and a holy one came down from heaven! He cried
aloud, and said thus, 'Hew down the tree and cut off his branches, shake
off his leaves, and scatter his fruit; let the beasts get away from under
it, and the fowls from his branches.
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