Common English Bible

2 Esdras 11:9-15 Common English Bible (CEB)

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.

14. While it was exercising its rule, it came to its end, so that it disappeared like the previous one.

15. Then a voice rang out, saying to this wing,