2 Esdras 11:8-13 Common English Bible (CEB)

8. "Don’t all watch together. Let each one sleep in its place and take turns watching,

9. but the heads will be kept for the end."

10. I looked and saw that the voice didn’t come from its heads but from the middle of its body.

11. I counted its opposing wings, and there were eight of them.

12. A wing arose on the right side, and it ruled over the whole earth;

13. and while it was ruling, it came to an end and disappeared so that its place vanished. The next one rose up and ruled, and it held sway a long time.

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