2 Esdras 11:39

39 `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?

2 Esdras 11:39 In-Context

37 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,

38 "Listen and I will speak to you. The Most High says to you,

39 `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?

40 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.

41 And you have judged the earth, but not with truth;