2 Esdras 12:14-20
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14 In the same shall twelve kings reign, one after another:
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15 Whereof the second shall begin to reign, and shall have more time than any of the twelve.
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16 And this do the twelve wings signify, which thou sawest.
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17 As for the voice which thou heardest speak, and that thou sawest not to go out from the heads but from the midst of the body thereof, this is the interpretation:
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18 That after the time of that kingdom there shall arise great strivings, and it shall stand in peril of failing: nevertheless it shall not then fall, but shall be restored again to his beginning.
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19 And whereas thou sawest the eight small under feathers sticking to her wings, this is the interpretation:
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20 That in him there shall arise eight kings, whose times shall be but small, and their years swift.