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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."
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He said to me, “This is the interpretation of the vision that you saw.
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The eagle you saw rising from the sea is the fourth kingdom. It appeared in a vision to your brother Daniel,
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but it wasn't interpreted for him as I now interpret it for you or have shown it to you.
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Look, the days are coming when a kingdom will rise on earth that will be more terrifying than all the kingdoms that came before it.