2 Esdras 11:16

16 "Hear, thou that hast borne rule over the earth so long. This I say unto thee before thou beginnest to appear no more:

2 Esdras 11:16 In-Context

14 And it happened that, when it reigned, the end of it came also like the first, so that it appeared no more.

15 Then came there a voice unto it and said,

16 "Hear, thou that hast borne rule over the earth so long. This I say unto thee before thou beginnest to appear no more:

17 There shall none after thee attain unto thy time, neither unto the half thereof."

18 Then arose the third, and reigned as the others before, and appeared no more also.