2 Esdras 11:1-7

1 On the second night I had a dream: I saw rising from the sea an eagle that had twelve feathered wings and three heads.

2 I saw it spread its wings over the whole earth, and all the winds of heaven blew upon it, and the clouds were gathered around it.

3 I saw that out of its wings there grew opposing wings; but they became little, puny wings.

4 But its heads were at rest; the middle head was larger than the other heads, but it too was at rest with them.

5 Then I saw that the eagle flew with its wings, and it reigned over the earth and over those who inhabit it.

6 And I saw how all things under heaven were subjected to it, and no one spoke against it—not a single creature that was on the earth.

7 Then I saw the eagle rise upon its talons, and it uttered a cry to its wings, saying,

Footnotes

• [a]. Arab 2 Arm: Lat Syr Ethiop [in]
• [b]. Syr: Compare Ethiop Arab: Lat lacks [the clouds] and [around it]