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For you have judged me worthy to be shown the end of the times and the last events of the times."
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He said to me, "This is the interpretation of this vision that you have seen:
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The eagle that you saw coming up from the sea is the fourth kingdom that appeared in a vision to your brother Daniel.
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But it was not explained to him as I now explain to you or have explained it.
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The days are coming when a kingdom shall rise on earth, and it shall be more terrifying than all the kingdoms that have been before it.
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And twelve kings shall reign in it, one after another.
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But the second that is to reign shall hold sway for a longer time than any other one of the twelve.
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This is the interpretation of the twelve wings that you saw.
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"As for your hearing a voice that spoke, coming not from the eagle's heads but from the midst of its body, this is the interpretation:
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In the midst of the time of that kingdom great struggles shall arise, and it shall be in danger of falling; nevertheless it shall not fall then, but shall regain its former power.
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As for your seeing eight little wings clinging to its wings, this is the interpretation: