Daniel 4:12

New American Bible - revised edition

but leave its stump in the earth. Bound with iron and bronze, let him be fed with the grass of the field and bathed with the dew of heaven; let his lot be with the beasts in the grass of the earth.

Cross References

Job 12:24

He takes understanding from the leaders of the land, makes them wander in a pathless desert.

Job 14:7

For a tree there is hope; if it is cut down, it will sprout again, its tender shoots will not cease.

Job 14:9

Yet at the first whiff of water it sprouts and puts forth branches like a young plant.

Lamentations 4:20

The Lord’s anointed—our very lifebreath!— was caught in their snares, He in whose shade we thought to live among the nations.

Ezekiel 17:23

On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it. It shall put forth branches and bear fruit, and become a majestic cedar. Every small bird will nest under it, all kinds of winged birds will dwell in the shade of its branches.

Ezekiel 31:17

They too will go down to Sheol, to those slain by the sword, Its allies who dwelt in its shade among the nations.

Daniel 4:14

By decree of the watchers is this proclamation, by order of the holy ones, this sentence; That all who live may know that the Most High is sovereign over human kingship, Giving it to whom he wills, and setting it over the lowliest of mortals.’

Matthew 13:32

It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the ‘birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.’” The Parable of the Yeast.

Mark 13:32

“But of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Mark 4:32

But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.”

Luke 13:19

It is like a mustard seed that a person took and planted in the garden. When it was fully grown, it became a large bush and ‘the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.’” The Parable of the Yeast.