2 As I looked, it spread out its wings over the whole world. Winds blew on it from every direction, and clouds gathered over it.
3 Then from its wings I saw rival wings begin to grow, but they were small and insignificant.
4 All three heads of the eagle were asleep, even the middle one, which was larger than the others.
5 While I was watching, the eagle flew up in the air and became ruler of the whole earth and all its people.
6 I saw how everything on earth was brought under the eagle's control—no one on earth was able to oppose it.
7 Then I saw the eagle stand up on its claws and say to its wings,
8 “Not all of you are to wake up at the same time; you must sleep where you are and wake up when your turn comes,