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He answered and said to me: Baruk, this is the interpretation of the vision you saw.
2
As you saw the great forest surrounded by high and rugged mountains, this is the Word:
3
Behold, days are coming when this kingdom that once destroyed Tziyon shall itself be destroyed and subjected to the one coming after it.
4
That one also shall be destroyed after a time, and a third shall arise, rule in its time, and be destroyed.
5
After these things a fourth kingdom shall arise whose rule shall be harsh and more evil than those before it. It shall govern many times like the forest of the valley, seize the times, and exalt itself higher than the cedars of Levanon.
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Truth shall be hidden in it. All who defile themselves with wickedness shall flee to it, as evil beasts flee and hide in the forest.
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When the time of its end draws near and it is to fall, then the beginning of My Mashiyah—whom you likened to the spring and the vine—shall be revealed. When he is revealed, he shall uproot the multitude of its assembly.
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Concerning the cedar you saw remaining from that forest, and the Words the vine spoke to it which you heard, this is the Word: