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The days are coming when a kingdom shall rise on earth, and it shall be more terrifying than all the kingdoms that have been before it.
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And twelve kings shall reign in it, one after another.
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But the second that is to reign shall hold sway for a longer time than any other one of the twelve.
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This is the interpretation of the twelve wings that you saw.
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"As for your hearing a voice that spoke, coming not from the eagle's heads but from the midst of its body, this is the interpretation:
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In the midst of the time of that kingdom great struggles shall arise, and it shall be in danger of falling; nevertheless it shall not fall then, but shall regain its former power.
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As for your seeing eight little wings clinging to its wings, this is the interpretation:
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Eight kings shall arise in it, whose times shall be short and their years swift;
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two of them shall perish when the middle of its time draws near; and four shall be kept for the time when its end approaches, but two shall be kept until the end.
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"As for your seeing three heads at rest, this is the interpretation:
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In its last days the Most High will raise up three kings, and they shall renew many things in it, and shall rule the earth