2 Esdras 11:29: “And when they” [The Fifth and the Sixth Contrary Feathers] “so thought, behold, there awaked one of the” [Three] “heads that were at rest, namely, it that was in the midst;” [Middle (The FIFTH head of the beast)] “for that was greater than the two other heads.”
2 Esdras 11:30: “And then I saw that the two other heads" [The Second and Third heads (The SIXTH and SEVENTH heads of the beast)] "were joined” [Awoken] “with it.” The head in the midst/middle (The Great Head).
2 Esdras 11:31: “And, behold, the head” [In the middle/FIFTH head of the beast] “was turned with them” [The two other heads/SIXTH and SEVENTH heads of the beast] “that were with it, and did eat up” [Kill] “the two feathers under the wing that would have reigned.”
2 Esdras 11:32: “But this” [Middle] “head put the whole earth in fear, and bare rule in it over all those that dwelt upon the earth with much oppression; and it had the governance: [Rule] "of the world more than all the wings that had been.”
2 Esdras 12:22: “And whereas thou sawest three heads resting," [The FIFTH, SIXTH and SEVENTH heads of the beast in Revelation 13:1] "this is the interpretation:”
2 Esdras 12:23: “In his” [The Eagle/Fourth Kingdom’s] “last days shall the most High raise up three kingdoms, and renew many things therein, and they” [The Three Heads] “shall have the dominion” [Ruler ship] “of the earth,”
2 Esdras 12:24: “And of those that dwell therein, with much oppression, above all those” [Feathers/Kings] “that were before them: therefore are they called the heads of the eagle.”
2 Esdras 12:25: “For these are they” [The Three Heads] “that shall accomplish his” [The Eagle’s] “wickedness, and that shall finish his last end.”