2Esdras:12
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And it came to pass ,
whiles the lion spake these words unto the eagle ,
I saw ,
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And ,
behold ,
the head that remained and the four wings appeared no more ,
and the two went unto it and set themselves up to reign ,
and their kingdom was small ,
and fill of uproar .
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And I saw ,
and ,
behold ,
they appeared no more ,
and the whole body of the eagle was burnt so that the earth was in great fear :
then awaked I out of the trouble and trance of my mind ,
and from great fear ,
and said unto my spirit ,
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Lo ,
this hast thou done unto me ,
in that thou searchest out the ways of the Highest .
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Lo ,
yet am I weary in my mind ,
and very weak in my spirit ;
and little strength is there in me ,
for the great fear wherewith I was afflicted this night .
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Therefore will I now beseech the Highest ,
that he will comfort me unto the end .
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And I said ,
Lord that bearest rule ,
if I have found grace before thy sight ,
and if I am justified with thee before many others ,
and if my prayer indeed be come up before thy face ;
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Comfort me then ,
and shew me thy servant the interpretation and plain difference of this fearful vision ,
that thou mayest perfectly comfort my soul .
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For thou hast judged me worthy to shew me the last times .
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And he said unto me ,
This is the interpretation of the vision :
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The eagle ,
whom thou sawest come up from the sea ,
is the kingdom which was seen in the vision of thy brother Daniel .
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But it was not expounded unto him ,
therefore now I declare it unto thee .
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Behold ,
the days will come ,
that there shall rise up a kingdom upon earth ,
and it shall be feared above all the kingdoms that were before it .
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In the same shall twelve kings reign ,
one after another :
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Whereof the second shall begin to reign ,
and shall have more time than any of the twelve .
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And this do the twelve wings signify ,
which thou sawest .
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As for the voice which thou heardest speak ,
and that thou sawest not to go out from the heads but from the midst of the body thereof ,
this is the interpretation :
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That after the time of that kingdom there shall arise great strivings ,
and it shall stand in peril of failing :
nevertheless it shall not then fall ,
but shall be restored again to his beginning .
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And whereas thou sawest the eight small under feathers sticking to her wings ,
this is the interpretation :
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That in him there shall arise eight kings ,
whose times shall be but small ,
and their years swift .
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And two of them shall perish ,
the middle time approaching :
four shall be kept until their end begin to approach :
but two shall be kept unto the end .
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And whereas thou sawest three heads resting ,
this is the interpretation :
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In his last days shall the most High raise up three kingdoms ,
and renew many things therein ,
and they shall have the dominion of the earth ,
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And of those that dwell therein ,
with much oppression ,
above all those that were before them :
therefore are they called the heads of the eagle .
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For these are they that shall accomplish his wickedness ,
and that shall finish his last end .
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And whereas thou sawest that the great head appeared no more ,
it signifieth that one of them shall die upon his bed ,
and yet with pain .
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For the two that remain shall be slain with the sword .
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For the sword of the one shall devour the other :
but at the last shall he fall through the sword himself .
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And whereas thou sawest two feathers under the wings passing over the head that is on the right side ;
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It signifieth that these are they ,
whom the Highest hath kept unto their end :
this is the small kingdom and full of trouble ,
as thou sawest .
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And the lion ,
whom thou sawest rising up out of the wood ,
and roaring ,
and speaking to the eagle ,
and rebuking her for her unrighteousness with all the words which thou hast heard ;
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This is the anointed ,
which the Highest hath kept for them and for their wickedness unto the end :
he shall reprove them ,
and shall upbraid them with their cruelty .
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For he shall set them before him alive in judgment ,
and shall rebuke them ,
and correct them .
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For the rest of my people shall he deliver with mercy ,
those that have been pressed upon my borders ,
and he shall make them joyful until the coming of the day of judgment ,
whereof I have spoken unto thee from the the beginning .
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This is the dream that thou sawest ,
and these are the interpretations .
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Thou only hast been meet to know this secret of the Highest .
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Therefore write all these things that thou hast seen in a book ,
and hide them :
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And teach them to the wise of the people ,
whose hearts thou knowest may comprehend and keep these secrets .
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But wait thou here thyself yet seven days more ,
that it may be shewed thee ,
whatsoever it pleaseth the Highest to declare unto thee .
And with that he went his way .
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And it came to pass ,
when all the people saw that the seven days were past ,
and I not come again into the city ,
they gathered them all together ,
from the least unto the greatest ,
and came unto me ,
and said ,
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What have we offended thee ?
and what evil have we done against thee ,
that thou forsakest us ,
and sittest here in this place ?
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For of all the prophets thou only art left us ,
as a cluster of the vintage ,
and as a candle in a dark place ,
and as a haven or ship preserved from the tempest .
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Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient ?
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If thou shalt forsake us ,
how much better had it been for us ,
if we also had been burned in the midst of Sion ?
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For we are not better than they that died there .
And they wept with a loud voice .
Then answered I them ,
and said ,
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Be of good comfort ,
O Israel ;
and be not heavy ,
thou house of Jacob :
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For the Highest hath you in remembrance ,
and the Mighty hath not forgotten you in temptation .
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As for me ,
I have not forsaken you ,
neither am I departed from you :
but am come into this place ,
to pray for the desolation of Sion ,
and that I might seek mercy for the low estate of your sanctuary .
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And now go your way home every man ,
and after these days will I come unto you .
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So the people went their way into the city ,
like as I commanded them :
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But I remained still in the field seven days ,
as the angel commanded me ;
and did eat only in those days of the flowers of the field ,
and had my meat of the herbs
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