Daniel 4:23
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;
Cross-reference
Daniel 4:13-17 contains the original dream pronouncement that the king recalls here — the watcher's decree to cut the tree and leave the stump bound.
In Daniel 4:15, the same command appears — leave the stump bound — which the king repeats here verbatim.
Daniel 4:14 first records the command to chop the tree; here in 4:23 the watcher repeats it with additional details about the stump and binding.
Daniel 4:16 specifies the mind change and seven periods; 4:23 repeats this as part of the watcher’s decree.
Daniel 5:21 describes the fulfillment of this decree — Nebuchadnezzar was humbled like a beast until he acknowledged God's sovereignty.
In Job 14:7, a cut tree's stump can sprout again — echoing the hope of restoration symbolized by the stump left bound in Daniel 4:23.
In Isaiah 10:34, God cuts down Lebanon's trees as judgment — similar imagery of a tree being felled to represent a ruler's downfall.