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2 Esdras 11:32-38 Common English Bible (CEB)

32. Moreover, this head gained power over the whole earth and dominated those who lived on it, inflicting great distress. It had greater power over the whole world than all the wings that had gone before.

33. After all this, I watched as the middle head, just like the wings, suddenly disappeared.

34. There were two heads left, however, which also ruled over the earth and over those who live on it.

35. I looked and watched as the head on the right side devoured the one on the left.

36. I heard a voice saying to me, "Look in front of you and consider what you see."

37. I looked and saw something like a lion being roused, roaring out of the forest. I heard how he spoke in a human voice and said to the eagle,

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

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