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and while they were planning, one of the heads that were at rest (the one that was in the middle) suddenly awoke; it was greater than the other two heads.
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And I saw how it allied the two heads with itself,
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and how the head turned with those that were with it and devoured the two little wings that were planning to reign.
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Moreover this head gained control of the whole earth, and with much oppression dominated its inhabitants; it had greater power over the world than all the wings that had gone before.
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After this I looked again and saw the head in the middle suddenly disappear, just as the wings had done.
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But the two heads remained, which also in like manner ruled over the earth and its inhabitants.
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And while I looked, I saw the head on the right side devour the one on the left.
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Then I heard a voice saying to me, "Look in front of you and consider what you see."
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When I looked, I saw what seemed to be a lion roused from the forest, roaring; and I heard how it uttered a human voice to the eagle, and spoke, saying,
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"Listen and I will speak to you. The Most High says to you,
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"Are you not the one that remains of the four beasts that I had made to reign in my world, so that the end of my times might come through them?