2 Esdras 11:17
King James VersionSource notes
“There shall none after thee attain unto thy time, neither unto the half thereof.”
Context
14And it happened, that when it reigned, the end of it came also, like as the first, so that it appeared no more.
15Then came there a voice unto it, and said,
16Hear thou that hast borne rule over the earth so long: this I say unto thee, before thou beginnest to appear no more,
17There shall none after thee attain unto thy time, neither unto the half thereof.
18Then arose the third, and reigned as the other before, and appeared no more also.
19So went it with all the residue one after another, as that every one reigned, and then appeared no more.
20Then I beheld, and, lo, in process of time the feathers that followed stood up upon the right side, that they might rule also; and some of them ruled, but within a while they appeared no more: