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General Information:
In verses 1-18, Nebuchadnezzar describes in the first person his vision from God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person)
sights
things that you see
its height was very great
"it was very tall"
Its top reached to the heavens ... it could be seen to the ends of the whole earth
This is symbolic language that exaggerates how tall and how well-known the tree was. AT: "It seemed that its top reached up to the sky and that everyone in the world could see it" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)
its fruit was abundant
"there was a lot of fruit on the tree"
was food for all
"was food for all people and animals"