2 Esdras 12:2

2 and saw that the remaining head had disappeared. The two wings that had gone over to it rose up and set themselves up to reign, and their reign was brief and full of tumult.

2 Esdras 12:2 In-Context

1 While the lion was saying these words to the eagle, I looked

2 and saw that the remaining head had disappeared. The two wings that had gone over to it rose up and set themselves up to reign, and their reign was brief and full of tumult.

3 When I looked again, they were already vanishing. The whole body of the eagle was burned, and the earth was exceedingly terrified. Then I woke up in great perplexity of mind and great fear, and I said to my spirit,

4 "You have brought this upon me, because you search out the ways of the Most High.

5 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 tonight.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ethiop: Lat lacks [rose up and]