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and its inhabitants more oppressively than all who were before them; therefore they are called the heads of the eagle.
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For it is they who shall sum up his wickedness and perform his last actions.
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As for your seeing that the large head disappeared, one of the kings shall die in his bed, but in agonies.
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But as for the two who remained, the sword shall devour them.
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For the sword of one shall devour him who was with him; but he also shall fall by the sword in the last days.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.