Books of Esdras

Larger Print! Biblical student and prophecy researchers should be aware of the prophecies of Esdras. Part of the Apocrypha removed from Protestant Bibles in 1826.

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11:1 Then saw I a dream, and, behold, there came up from the sea an eagle, which had twelve feathered wings, and three heads.

11:2 And I saw, and, behold, she spread her wings over all the earth, and all the winds of the air blew on her, and were gathered together.

11:3 And I beheld, and out of her feathers there grew other contrary feathers; and they became little feathers and small.

11:4 But her heads were at rest: the head in the midst was greater than the other, yet rested it with the residue.

11:5 Moreover I beheld, and, lo, the eagle flew with her feathers, and reigned upon earth, and over them that dwelt therein.

11:6 And I saw that all things under heaven were subject unto her, and no man spake against her, no, not one creature upon earth.

11:7 And I beheld, and, lo, the eagle rose upon her talons, and spake to her feathers, saying,

11:8 Watch not all at once: sleep every one in his own place, and watch by course:

11:9 But let the heads be preserved for the last.

11:10 And I beheld, and, lo, the voice went not out of her heads, but from the midst of her body.

11:11 And I numbered her contrary feathers, and, behold, there were eight of them.

11:12 And I looked, and, behold, on the right side there arose one feather, and reigned over all the earth;

11:13 And so it was, that when it reigned, the end of it came, and the place thereof appeared no more: so the next following stood up. and reigned, and had a great time; 11:14 And it happened, that when it reigned, the end of it came also, like as the first, so that it appeared no more.

11:15 Then came there a voice unto it, and said,

11:16 Hear thou that hast borne rule over the earth so long: this I say unto thee, before thou beginnest to appear no more,

11:17 There shall none after thee attain unto thy time, neither unto the half thereof. 11:18 Then arose the third, and reigned as the other before, and appeared no more also.

11:19 So went it with all the residue one after another, as that every one reigned, and then appeared no more.