16 “Listen, you who have ruled over the earth all this time! I proclaim this to you, before you disappear, (WEB) 17 none after you will rule as long as you, not even half as long.” (WEB) 18 Then the third arose, and ruled as the others before, and it also disappeared. (WEB)
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