2 Esdras 12:18
King James VersionSource notes
“That after the time of that kingdom there shall arise great strivings, and it shall stand in peril of failing: nevertheless it shall not then fall, but shall be restored again to his beginning.”
Context
15Whereof the second shall begin to reign, and shall have more time than any of the twelve.
16And this do the twelve wings signify, which thou sawest.
17As for the voice which thou heardest speak, and that thou sawest not to go out from the heads but from the midst of the body thereof, this is the interpretation:
18That after the time of that kingdom there shall arise great strivings, and it shall stand in peril of failing: nevertheless it shall not then fall, but shall be restored again to his beginning.
19And whereas thou sawest the eight small under feathers sticking to her wings, this is the interpretation:
20That in him there shall arise eight kings, whose times shall be but small, and their years swift.
21And two of them shall perish, the middle time approaching: four shall be kept until their end begin to approach: but two shall be kept unto the end.