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While the lion was saying these words to the eagle, I looked
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and saw that the head that had prevailed disappeared, and the two wings that had gone over to it rose up so that they might rule, but their rule was weak and chaotic.
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I watched as they disappeared, and the whole body of the eagle was burned; the earth was filled with fear. I woke up because my mind was racing and full of fear. I said to myself,
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Look, you've brought all this on yourself with your probing into the ways of the Most High.
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Look here! I'm emotionally exhausted and barely alive. I don't have even a little strength left in me because of the great fear that has shaken me this night.
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Now, therefore, I will pray to the Most High that he may strengthen me to the end.
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I said, "Supreme Lord, if you do look upon me favorably, if you consider me to be among the more righteous, and if my prayer has indeed risen into your presence,
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strengthen me, and show me, your servant, the interpretation and meaning of this terrible vision. Console my soul,
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since you have thought me worthy to be shown the end of times and the last events of the times."