2 Esdras 11:40

40 You, the fourth that has come, have conquered all the beasts that have gone before; and you have held sway over the world with great terror, and over all the earth with grievous oppression; and for so long you have lived on the earth with deceit.

2 Esdras 11:40 In-Context

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

39 "Are you not the one that remains of the four beasts that I had made to reign in my world, so that the end of my times might come through them?

40 You, the fourth that has come, have conquered all the beasts that have gone before; and you have held sway over the world with great terror, and over all the earth with grievous oppression; and for so long you have lived on the earth with deceit.

41 You have judged the earth, but not with truth,

42 for you have oppressed the meek and injured the peaceable; you have hated those who tell the truth, and have loved liars; you have destroyed the homes of those who brought forth fruit, and have laid low the walls of those who did you no harm.

Footnotes

• [a] Syr Arab Arm: Lat Ethiop [The fourth came, however, and conquered . . . and held sway . . . and for so long lived]