2 Esdras 12:19-29

19 "You saw the eight small wings growing out of the eagle's big wings. That means
20 that eight kings will rise up in the empire, but their rule will be brief and unimportant.
21 Two of them will appear briefly near the middle of the period, four of them will not appear until near the end, and two will be left until the very end.
22 "You saw the three heads that were asleep. That means
23 that in the last days of the empire, God Most High will raise up three kings; they will restore much of the empire and rule over the world
24 and its people with more harshness than any before them. The reason they are called the eagle's heads
25 is that these three kings will bring to a head and complete the godless work of the eagle.
26 You saw the largest head disappear. This means that one of the kings will die in his bed, in great agony.
27 The other two will die in battle.
28 One of them will kill the other; then he also will be killed in battle at the end of time.
29 "You saw the two small wings moving under the head on the right side.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. [Some ancient translations] they; [Latin] he.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.