2 Esdras 12:24-26

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²⁴ and its inhabitants more oppressively than all who were before them. Therefore they are called the heads of the eagle,^{(A) 25} because it is they who shall sum up his wickedness and perform his last actions. ²⁶ As for your seeing that the large head disappeared, one of the kings^[a] shall die in his bed but in agonies.^(B)