2 Esdras 11:1-3

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The Vision of the Eagle

11 On the second night I had a dream: I saw rising from the sea an eagle that had twelve feathered wings and three heads.^{(A) 2} I saw it spread its wings over^[a] the whole earth, and all the winds of heaven blew upon it, and the clouds were gathered around it.^{[b](B) 3} I saw that out of its wings there grew opposing wings, but they became little, puny wings.^(C)