2 Esdras 12:22-24

Common English Bible

²² “As for the fact that you saw three heads at rest, ²³ this is the interpretation: In the last period the Most High will raise up three kings,^[a] and he will renew many things in it, and they will rule the earth ²⁴ and greatly oppress those who dwell on it, more than all the rest who were before them. Therefore, they are called the heads of the eagle,