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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?
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You, the fourth that has come, have conquered all the beasts that have gone before; and you have held sway over the world with much terror, and over all the earth with grievous oppression; and for so long you have dwelt on the earth with deceit.
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And you have judged the earth, but not with truth;
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for you have afflicted the meek and injured the peaceable; you have hated those who tell the truth, and have loved liars; you have destroyed the dwellings of those who brought forth fruit, and have laid low the walls of those who did you no harm.
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And so your insolence has come up before the Most High, and your pride to the Mighty One.