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when the middle of the time draws near, but four will be reserved until the time approaches for its end. Two will be preserved until the very end.
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“As for the fact that you saw three heads at rest,
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this is the interpretation: In the last period the Most High will raise up three kings, and he will renew many things in it, and they will rule the earth
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and greatly oppress those who dwell on it, more than all the rest who were before them. Therefore, they are called the heads of the eagle,
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because they will sum up its acts of impiety and complete its last deeds.
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“As for your seeing the biggest head disappear, one of the kings will die on his bed, though in agonies.
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As to the two who are left, the sword will destroy them.
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The sword of one of them will destroy the one who is with him, but he too will fall by the sword in the last days.
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“As for your seeing the two small wings passing over to the head on the right, this is the interpretation:
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The Most High is keeping these for the eagle's end. This rule will be weak and full of upheaval,
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as you saw. The lion whom you saw rousing itself from the forest and roaring and speaking to the eagle and rebuking it for its deeds of injustice, as for all the words that you heard him speaking,