World English Bible

2 Esdras 12:13-19 World English Bible (WEB)

13. Behold, the days come, that there shall rise up a kingdom upon earth, and it shall be feared above all the kingdoms that were before it.

14. In the same shall twelve kings reign, one after another:

15. whereof the second shall begin to reign, and shall have a longer time than any of the twelve.

16. This is the interpretation of the twelve wings, which you saw.

17. And whereas you heard a voice which spoke, not going out from the heads, but from the midst of the body thereof, this is the interpretation:

18. That after the time of that kingdom there shall arise no small contentions, and it shall stand in peril of falling: nevertheless it shall not then fall, but shall be restored again to its first estate.

19. And whereas you saw the eight under wings sticking to her wings, this is the interpretation: