13 After its rule came to an end, it vanished so completely that it left no trace. Then the next wing rose up and governed for a long time.
14 When its rule was coming to an end and it was about to vanish like the first wing,
15 a voice said to it,
16 “Listen, you have ruled the world for a long time, and I want you to hear this message before you disappear:
17 no one after you will rule as long as you did — not even half as long.”
18 The third wing rose up and governed as the earlier ones had done; then it also vanished.
19 The same thing happened to all the other wings: one after the other they rose to power and then vanished.