32 This head gained power over the whole world, established an oppressive rule over people everywhere, and exercised more power over the world than any of the other wings had done before.
33 Then, as I watched, the middle head disappeared just as suddenly as the wings had done.
34 Two heads were left, and they also gained power over the earth and its people;
35 but while I was still watching, the head on the right ate up the head on the left.
36 Then I heard a voice which said, “Ezra, look straight ahead and think about what you see.”
37 I looked and saw what appeared to be an angry lion come roaring out of the forest. I heard it speak in human language to the eagle and say,
38 “Listen, Eagle, to what I have to say to you; it is the message of God Most High: