16
"Hear me, you who have ruled the earth all this time; I announce this to you before you disappear.
17
After you no one shall rule as long as you, or even half as long."
18
Then the third wing raised itself up, and held the rule like the former ones, and it also disappeared.
19
And so it went with all the wings; they wielded power one after another and then were never seen again.
20
And I looked, and behold, in due course the wings that followed also rose up on the right side, in order to rule. There were some of them that ruled, yet disappeared suddenly;
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