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Daniel 5
Belshazzar
the
king
made
a
great
feast
to
a
thousand
of
his
lords,
and
drank
wine
before
the
thousand.
2 Belshazzar,
whiles
he
tasted
the
wine,
commanded
to
bring
the
golden
and
silver
a
vessels
which
his
father
Nebuchadnezzar
had
taken
out
of
the
temple
which
was
in
Jerusalem;
that
the
king,
and
his
princes,
his
wives,
and
his
concubines,
might
drink
therein.
3 Then
they
brought
the
golden
vessels
that
were
taken
out
of
the
temple
of
the
house
of
God
which
was
at
Jerusalem;
and
the
king,
and
his
princes,
his
wives,
and
his
concubines,
drank
in
them.
4 They
drank
wine,
and
praised
the
gods
of
gold,
and
of
silver,
of
brass,
of
iron,
of
wood,
and
of
stone.
5 In
the
same
hour
came
forth
fingers
of
a
man's
hand,
and
wrote
a
over
against
the
candlestick
upon
the
plaster
of
the
wall
of
the
king's
palace:
and
the
king
saw
the
part
of
the
b
hand
that
wrote.
6 Then
the
king's
a
countenance
was
changed,
and
his
thoughts
b
troubled
him,
so
that
c
the
joints
of
his
loins
were
loosed,
and
his
knees
smote
one
against
another.
7 The
king
cried
aloud
to
bring
in
the
a
astrologers,
the
Chaldeans,
and
the
soothsayers.
And
the
king
spake,
and
said
to
the
wise
men
of
Babylon,
Whosoever
shall
read
this
writing,
and
shew
me
the
interpretation
thereof,
shall
be
clothed
with
scarlet,
and
have
a
chain
of
gold
about
his
neck,
and
shall
be
the
third
ruler
in
the
kingdom.
8 Then
came
in
all
the
king's
wise
men:
but
they
could
not
read
the
writing,
nor
make
known
to
the
king
the
interpretation
thereof.
9 Then
was
king
Belshazzar
greatly
troubled,
and
his
countenance
was
changed
in
him,
and
his
lords
were
astonied.
10 Now
the
queen,
by
reason
of
the
words
of
the
king
and
his
lords,
came
into
the
banquet
house:
and
the
queen
spake
and
said,
O
king,
live
for
ever:
let
not
thy
thoughts
trouble
thee,
nor
let
thy
countenance
be
changed:
11 There
is
a
man
in
thy
kingdom,
in
whom
is
the
a
spirit
of
the
holy
gods;
and
in
the
days
of
thy
father
light
and
understanding
and
wisdom,
like
the
wisdom
of
the
gods,
was
found
in
him;
whom
the
king
Nebuchadnezzar
thy
father,
the
king,
I
say,
thy
father,
made
master
of
the
magicians,
astrologers,
Chaldeans,
and
soothsayers;
12 Forasmuch
as
an
excellent
spirit,
and
knowledge,
and
understanding,
interpreting
of
dreams,
and
shewing
of
hard
sentences,
and
dissolving
of
doubts,
were
found
in
the
same
Daniel,
whom
the
king
a
named
Belteshazzar:
now
let
Daniel
be
called,
and
he
will
shew
the
interpretation.
13 Then
was
Daniel
brought
in
before
the
king.
And
the
king
spake
and
said
unto
Daniel,
Art
thou
that
Daniel,
which
art
of
the
children
of
the
captivity
of
Judah,
whom
the
king
my
father
brought
out
of
Jewry?
14 I
have
even
heard
of
thee,
that
the
spirit
of
the
a
gods
is
in
thee,
and
that
light
and
understanding
and
excellent
wisdom
is
found
in
thee.
15 And
now
the
wise
men,
the
a
astrologers,
have
been
brought
in
before
me,
that
they
should
read
this
writing,
and
make
known
unto
me
the
interpretation
thereof:
but
they
could
not
shew
the
interpretation
of
the
thing:
16 And
I
have
heard
of
thee,
that
thou
canst
make
interpretations,
and
dissolve
doubts:
now
if
thou
canst
read
the
a
writing,
and
make
b
known
to
me
the
interpretation
thereof,
thou
shalt
be
clothed
with
scarlet,
and
have
a
chain
of
gold
about
thy
neck,
and
shalt
be
the
third
ruler
in
the
kingdom.
17 Then
Daniel
answered
and
said
before
the
king,
Let
thy
a
gifts
be
to
thyself,
and
give
thy
rewards
to
another;
yet
I
will
read
the
writing
unto
the
king,
and
make
known
to
him
the
interpretation.
18 O
thou
king,
the
most
high
God
gave
Nebuchadnezzar
thy
father
a
kingdom,
and
majesty,
and
glory,
and
honour:
19 And
for
the
majesty
that
he
gave
him,
all
people,
nations,
and
languages,
trembled
and
feared
before
him:
whom
he
would
he
slew;
and
whom
he
would
he
kept
alive;
and
whom
he
would
he
set
up;
and
whom
he
would
he
put
down.
20 But
when
his
a
heart
was
lifted
up,
and
his
b
mind
hardened
in
pride,
he
was
c
deposed
from
his
kingly
throne,
and
they
took
his
glory
from
him:
21 And
he
was
driven
a
from
the
sons
of
men;
and
his
heart
was
made
like
the
beasts,
and
his
dwelling
was
with
the
wild
asses:
they
fed
him
with
grass
like
oxen,
and
his
body
was
wet
with
the
dew
of
heaven;
till
he
knew
that
the
most
high
God
ruled
in
the
kingdom
of
men,
and
that
he
appointeth
over
it
whomsoever
he
will.
22 And
thou
his
son,
O
Belshazzar,
hast
not
humbled
thine
heart,
though
thou
knewest
all
this;
23 But
hast
lifted
up
thyself
against
the
Lord
of
heaven;
and
they
have
brought
the
vessels
of
his
house
before
thee,
and
thou,
and
thy
lords,
thy
wives,
and
thy
concubines,
have
drunk
wine
in
them;
and
thou
hast
praised
the
a
gods
of
silver,
and
gold,
of
brass,
iron,
wood,
and
stone,
which
see
not,
nor
hear,
nor
know:
and
the
God
in
whose
hand
thy
breath
is,
and
whose
are
all
thy
ways,
hast
thou
not
glorified:
24 Then
was
the
part
of
the
hand
sent
from
him;
and
this
writing
was
written.
25 And
this
is
the
writing
that
was
written,
Mene,
Mene,
Tekel,
Upharsin.
26 This
is
the
interpretation
of
the
thing:
a
Mene;
God
hath
b
numbered
thy
kingdom,
and
finished
it.
27
a
Tekel;
Thou
art
b
weighed
in
the
balances,
and
art
found
wanting.
28
a
Peres;
Thy
kingdom
is
divided,
and
given
to
the
Medes
and
b
Persians.
29 Then
commanded
Belshazzar,
and
they
a
clothed
Daniel
with
scarlet,
and
put
a
chain
of
gold
about
his
neck,
and
made
a
proclamation
concerning
him,
that
he
should
be
the
third
ruler
in
the
kingdom.
30 In
that
night
was
Belshazzar
the
king
of
the
a
Chaldeans
b
slain.
31 And
a
Darius
the
Median
took
the
kingdom,
being
about
threescore
and
two
years
old.
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