However, leave its rootstock itself in the earth, even with a banding of iron and of copper, among the grass of the field; and with the dew of the heavens let it be wet, and with the beast let its portion be among the vegetation of the earth.’”—Daniel 4:13-15.

What good is the rootstock restrained from growth by bands of iron and of copper? Indeed, what purpose is served by a mere stump?