2 Esdras 12:20-22

Common English Bible

²⁰ this is the interpretation: Eight kings will arise in it. Their rules will amount to nothing, and their years will be swift. Two of them will perish ²¹ when the middle of the time draws near, but four will be reserved until the time approaches for its end. Two will be preserved until the very end.

²² “As for the fact that you saw three heads at rest,