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Daniel 4:14

He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.

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ASV

He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

KJV

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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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
קָרֵ֨אka.Re'[he was] proclaimingH7123 →
בְחַ֜יִלve.Cha.yilwith powerH2429 →
וְכֵ֣ןve.Khenand as followsH3652 →
אָמַ֗ר'a.Mar[he was] sayingH560 →
גֹּ֤דּוּGo.ducut down!H1414 →
אִֽילָנָא֙'i.la.Na'tree theH363 →
וְקַצִּ֣צוּve.ka.Tzi.tzuand cut off!H7113 →
עַנְפ֔וֹהִיan.Fo.hibranches itsH6056 →
אַתַּ֥רוּ'a.Ta.rustrip off!H5426 →
עָפְיֵ֖הּ'a.fe.Yehfoliage itsH6074 →
וּבַדַּ֣רוּu.va.Da.ruand scatter!H921 →
אִנְבֵּ֑הּ'in.Behfruit itsH4 →
תְּנֻ֤דte.Nudlet it fleeH5111 →
חֵֽיוְתָא֙chei.ve.Ta'animal[s] theH2423 →
מִן־min-fromH4481 →
תַּחְתּ֔וֹהִיtach.To.hiunder itH8460 →
וְצִפְּרַיָּ֖אve.tzi.pe.rai.Ya'and birds theH6853 →
מִן־min-fromH4481 →
עַנְפֽוֹהִי׃an.Fo.hibranches itsH6056 →

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Matthew 3:10The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.Job 24:20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.Daniel 4:23And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’Ezekiel 31:12–13Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.Luke 13:7So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’Daniel 3:4Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:Daniel 4:12Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.Luke 13:7–9So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’Luke 3:9The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”Matthew 7:19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.Revelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.Jeremiah 51:6Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.Daniel 5:20But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.Jeremiah 51:9“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”Revelation 10:3Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.Daniel 5:7The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”Revelation 18:9Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.Revelation 6:13and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.

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