2 Esdras 11:16

16 "Listen, you have ruled the world for a long time, and I want you to hear this message before you disappear:

2 Esdras 11:16 In-Context

14 When its rule was coming to an end and it was about to vanish like the first wing,

15 a voice said to it,

16 "Listen, you have ruled the world for a long time, and I want you to hear this message before you disappear:

17 No one after you will rule as long as you did - not even half as long."

18 The third wing rose up and governed as the earlier ones had done; then it also vanished.