2 Esdras 12:10: “And he” [The angel] “said unto me, This is the interpretation of the vision:”

2 Esdras 12:13: “Behold, the days will come, that there shall rise up a kingdom upon earth, and it" [The Fourth Kingdom/Roman Empire] "shall be feared above all the kingdoms that were before it.”

2 Esdras 12:14: “In the same” [The Fourth Kingdom/Roman Empire] “shall twelve kings reign, one after another:”

2 Esdras 12:15: “Whereof the second” [King/Caesar] “shall begin to reign, and shall have more time” [To rule] “than any of the twelve.”

2 Esdras 12:16: “And this do the twelve wings signify, which thou” [Esdras] “sawest.”