hew 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: hew And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, {Hew} the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and [let] his portion [be] with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him; ~~~~~~