2 Esdras 11:18

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

2 Esdras 11:18 In-Context

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.

19 The same thing happened to all the other wings: one after the other they rose to power and then vanished.

20 I kept looking, and after a while the other small wings on the right side rose up to seize power. Some of them governed briefly and quickly disappeared,