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and while they were planning, behold, one of the heads that were at rest (the one which was in the middle) awoke; for it was greater than the other two heads.
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And I saw how it allied the two heads with itself,
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and behold, the head turned with those that were with it, and it devoured the two little wings which were planning to reign.
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Moreover this head gained control of the whole earth, and with much oppression dominated its inhabitants; and it had greater power over the world than all the wings that had gone before.
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And after this I looked, and behold, the middle head also suddenly disappeared, just as the wings had done.
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But the two heads remained, which also ruled over the earth and its inhabitants.
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And I looked, and behold, the head on the right side devoured the one on the left.
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Then I heard a voice saying to me, "Look before you and consider what you see."
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And I looked, and behold, a creature like a lion was aroused out of the forest, roaring; and I heard how he uttered a man's voice to the eagle, and spoke, saying,
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"Listen and I will speak to you. The Most High says to you,
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`Are you not the one that remains of the four beasts which I had made to reign in my world, so that the end of my times might come through them?