2Esdr 12:1 

And it came to pass, whiles the lion spake these words unto 

the eagle, I saw, 

2Esdr 12:2 

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. 

2Esdr 12:3 

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, 

2Esdr 12:4 

Lo, this hast thou done unto me, in that thou searchest out 

the ways of the Highest. 

2Esdr 12:5 

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. 

2Esdr 12:6 

Therefore will I now beseech the Highest, that he will 

comfort me unto the end. 

2Esdr 12:7 

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; 

2Esdr 12:8 

Comfort me then, and shew me thy servant the interpretation 

and plain difference of this fearful vision, that thou mayest 

perfectly comfort my soul. 

2Esdr 12:9 

For thou hast judged me worthy to shew me the last times. 

2Esdr 12:10 

And he said unto me, This is the interpretation of the 

vision: 

2Esdr 12:11 

The eagle, whom thou sawest come up from the sea, is the 

kingdom which was seen in the vision of thy brother Daniel. 

2Esdr 12:12 

But it was not expounded unto him, therefore now I declare it 

unto thee. 

2Esdr 12:13 

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. 

2Esdr 12:14 

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

2Esdr 12:15 

Whereof the second shall begin to reign, and shall have more 

time than any of the twelve. 

2Esdr 12:16 

And this do the twelve wings signify, which thou sawest. 

2Esdr 12:17 

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: 

2Esdr 12:18 

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. 

2Esdr 12:19 

And whereas thou sawest the eight small under feathers 

sticking to her wings, this is the interpretation: 

2Esdr 12:20 

That in him there shall arise eight kings, whose times shall 

be but small, and their years swift. 

2Esdr 12:21 

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. 

2Esdr 12:22 

And whereas thou sawest three heads resting, this is the 

interpretation: 

2Esdr 12:23 

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, 

2Esdr 12:24 

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. 

2Esdr 12:25 

For these are they that shall accomplish his wickedness, and 

that shall finish his last end. 

2Esdr 12:26 

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. 

2Esdr 12:27 

For the two that remain shall be slain with the sword. 

2Esdr 12:28 

For the sword of the one shall devour the other: but at the 

last shall he fall through the sword himself. 

2Esdr 12:29 

And whereas thou sawest two feathers under the wings passing 

over the head that is on the right side; 

2Esdr 12:30 

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. 

2Esdr 12:31 

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; 

2Esdr 12:32 

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. 

2Esdr 12:33 

For he shall set them before him alive in judgment, and shall 

rebuke them, and correct them. 

2Esdr 12:34 

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. 

2Esdr 12:35 

This is the dream that thou sawest, and these are the 

interpretations. 

2Esdr 12:36 

Thou only hast been meet to know this secret of the Highest. 

2Esdr 12:37 

Therefore write all these things that thou hast seen in a 

book, and hide them: 

2Esdr 12:38 

And teach them to the wise of the people, whose hearts thou 

knowest may comprehend and keep these secrets. 

2Esdr 12:39 

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. 

2Esdr 12:40 

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, 

2Esdr 12:41 

What have we offended thee? and what evil have we done 

against thee, that thou forsakest us, and sittest here in this 

place? 

2Esdr 12:42 

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. 

2Esdr 12:43 

Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient? 

2Esdr 12:44 

If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us, 

if we also had been burned in the midst of Sion? 

2Esdr 12:45 

For we are not better than they that died there. And they 

wept with a loud voice. Then answered I them, and said, 

2Esdr 12:46 

Be of good comfort, O Israel; and be not heavy, thou house of 

Jacob: 

2Esdr 12:47 

For the Highest hath you in remembrance, and the Mighty hath 

not forgotten you in temptation. 

2Esdr 12:48 

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. 

2Esdr 12:49 

And now go your way home every man, and after these days will 

I come unto you. 

2Esdr 12:50 

So the people went their way into the city, like as I 

commanded them: 

2Esdr 12:51 

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