2 Esdras 11:1-7

1 The second night I had a dream. I saw an eagle coming up out of the sea. It had twelve wings and three heads. ¹

2 As I looked, it spread out its wings over the whole world. Winds blew on it from every direction, and clouds gathered over it.

3 Then from its wings I saw rival wings begin to grow, but they were small and insignificant.

4 All three heads of the eagle were asleep, even the middle one, which was larger than the others.

5 While I was watching, the eagle flew up in the air and became ruler of the whole earth and all its people.

6 I saw how everything on earth was brought under the eagle's control - no one on earth was able to oppose it.

7 Then I saw the eagle stand up on its claws and say to its wings,

Cross References

• 1. 11.1Daniel 7.3, 4;Revelation 13.1.

Footnotes

• [a]. [Some ancient translations] clouds; [Latin does not have this word.]