2 Esdras 11:9
King James VersionSource notes
“But let the heads be preserved for the last.”
Context
6And I saw that all things under heaven were subject unto her, and no man spake against her, no, not one creature upon earth.
7And I beheld, and, lo, the eagle rose upon her talons, and spake to her feathers, saying,
8Watch not all at once: sleep every one in his own place, and watch by course:
9But let the heads be preserved for the last.
10And I beheld, and, lo, the voice went not out of her heads, but from the midst of her body.
11And I numbered her contrary feathers, and, behold, there were eight of them.
12And I looked, and, behold, on the right side there arose one feather, and reigned over all the earth;