2 Esdras 11:39

39 ‘Aren't you the last of the four beasts that I made to rule in my world so that I might bring about the end of my times through them?

2 Esdras 11:39 In-Context

37 I looked and saw something like a lion being roused, roaring out of the forest. I heard how he spoke in a human voice and said to the eagle,

38 "Listen, you, and I will speak to you. The Most High says to you,

39 ‘Aren't you the last of the four beasts that I made to rule in my world so that I might bring about the end of my times through them?

40 You, the fourth that has come, conquered all the beasts that came before you, ruling over the world with much terror and over the whole world with harsh oppression. You have lived in the world with deceit for so long!

41 You judged the earth, but not in truth,