World English Bible

2 Esdras 11:12-21 World English Bible (WEB)

12. And I saw, and, behold, on the right side there arose one wing, and reigned over all the earth;

13. and so it was, that when it reigned, the end of it came, and it appeared not, so that the place thereof appeared no more: and the next following rose up, and reigned, and it bare rule a great time;

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

15. And, behold, there came a voice to it, and said,

16. Hear you that have borne rule over the earth all this time: this I proclaim to you, before you shall appear no more,

17. There shall none after you attain to your time, neither to the half thereof.

18. Then arose the third, and had the rule as the others before, and it also appeared no more.

19. So went it with all the wings one after another, as that every one bare rule, and then appeared no more.

20. And I saw, and, behold, in process of time the wings that followed were set up upon the right side, that they might rule also; and some of them ruled, but within a while they appeared no more:

21. some also of them were set up, but ruled not.