Charles Ellicott Commentary Daniel 4:23

"And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless 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;" — Daniel 4:23 (ASV)

Destroy it. — Observe how, in this verse, these words stand for the whole of the latter part of Daniel 4:14.