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Then I said, "O sovereign Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, and if I have been accounted righteous before you beyond many others, and if my prayer has indeed come up before your face,
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strengthen me and show me, your servant, the interpretation and meaning of this terrifying vision so that you may fully comfort my soul.
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For you have judged me worthy to be shown the end of the times and the last events of the times."
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He said to me, "This is the interpretation of this vision that you have seen:
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The eagle that you saw coming up from the sea is the fourth kingdom that appeared in a vision to your brother Daniel.
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