2 Esdras 12:11: “The eagle," [Roman Empire] "whom thou sawest come up from the sea, is the kingdom which was seen in the vision of thy brother Daniel.”

2 Esdras 12:12: “But it" [The vision] "was not expounded unto him,” [Daniel] “therefore now I declare it unto thee.”

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

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/Roman Empire’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.”

2 Esdras 12:26: “And whereas thou sawest that the great head” [The FIFTH head of the beast] “appeared no more, it signifieth that one of them” [The Great Head] “shall die upon his bed, and yet with pain.”

2 Esdras 12:27: “For the two” [Heads (The SIXTH and SEVENTH heads of the beast)] “that remain shall be slain with the sword.”

2 Esdras 12:28: “For the sword of the one” [The head on the right (The SEVENTH head of the beast)] “shall devour” [Kill] “the other:” [The head on the left (The SIXTH head of the beast)] “but at the last shall he” [The head on the right] “fall through the sword himself.” Be killed.

2 Esdras 12:29: “And whereas thou sawest two feathers” [The Seventh and Eighth Contrary Feathers (The BEAST whose deadly wound was healed and False Prophet)] “under the wings passing over the head that is on the right side;”

2 Esdras 12:30: “It signifieth that these” [The Seventh and Eighth Contrary Feathers] “are they,” [The two kings (The BEAST whose deadly wound was healed and False Prophet)] “whom the Highest hath kept unto their end: this is the small kingdom and full of trouble, as thou” [Esdras] “sawest.”