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:
39 You are the only one left of the four animals that I appointed to govern my world and to bring the ages of this world to an end.
40 You are the fourth animal and you have conquered all the animals that came before you. As long as you have been in this world, you have ruled it through terror, oppression, and deceit,
41 with a total disregard for truth.