2 Esdras 12:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁶ This is the interpretation of the twelve wings that you saw.

¹⁷ ‘As for your hearing a voice that spoke, coming not from the eagle’s^[a] heads but from the midst of its body, this is the interpretation: ¹⁸ In the midst of^[b] the time of that kingdom great struggles shall arise, and it shall be in danger of falling; nevertheless, it shall not fall then, but shall regain its former power.^[c]