2 Esdras 12:4-14

4 "Behold, you have brought this upon me, because you search out the ways of the Most High.
5 Behold, I am still weary in mind and very weak in my spirit, and not even a little strength is left in me, because of the great fear with which I have been terrified this night.
6 Therefore I will now beseech the Most High that he may strengthen me to the end."
7 And I said, "O sovereign Lord, if I have found favor in thy sight, and if I have been accounted righteous before thee beyond many others, and if my prayer has indeed come up before thy face,
8 strengthen me and show me, thy servant, the interpretation and meaning of this terrifying vision, that thou mayest fully comfort my soul.
9 For thou hast judged me worthy to be shown the end of the times and the last events of the times."
10 He said to me, "This is the interpretation of this vision which you have seen:
11 The eagle which you saw coming up from the sea is the fourth kingdom which appeared in a vision to your brother Daniel.
12 But it was not explained to him as I now explain or have explained it to you.
13 Behold, the days are coming when a kingdom shall arise on earth, and it shall be more terrifying than all the kingdoms that have been before it.
14 And twelve kings shall reign in it, one after another.
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