2 Esdras 12:14-28
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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.
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21 And two of them shall perish, the middle time approaching: four shall be kept until their end begin to approach: but two shall be kept unto the end.
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22 And whereas thou sawest three heads resting, this is the interpretation:
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23 In his last days shall the most High raise up three kingdoms, and renew many things therein, and they shall have the dominion of the earth,
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24 And of those that dwell therein, with much oppression, above all those that were before them: therefore are they called the heads of the eagle.
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25 For these are they that shall accomplish his wickedness, and that shall finish his last end.
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26 And whereas thou sawest that the great head appeared no more, it signifieth that one of them shall die upon his bed, and yet with pain.
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27 For the two that remain shall be slain with the sword.
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28 For the sword of the one shall devour the other: but at the last shall he fall through the sword himself.