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1
Belshazzar
the king
held
a great
feast
for a thousand
of his nobles,
and he was drinking
wine
in the presence
of the thousand.
2
When Belshazzar
tasted
the wine,
he gave orders
to bring
the gold
and silver
vessels
which
Nebuchadnezzar
his father
had taken
out of the temple
which
was in Jerusalem,
so that the king
and his nobles,
his wives
and his concubines
might drink
from them.
3
Then
they brought
the gold
vessels
that had been taken
out of the temple,
the house
of God
which
was in Jerusalem;
and the king
and his nobles,
his wives
and his concubines
drank
from them.
4
They drank
the wine
and praised
the gods
of gold
and silver,
of bronze,
iron,
wood
and stone.
5
Suddenly
the fingers
of a man's
hand
emerged
and began writing
opposite
the lampstand
on the plaster
of the wall
of the king's
palace,
and the king
saw
the back
of the
hand
that did the writing.
6
Then
the king's
face
grew pale
and his thoughts
alarmed
him, and his hip
joints
went slack
and his knees
began knocking
together.
7
The king
called
aloud
to bring
in the conjurers,
the Chaldeans
and the diviners.
The king
spoke
and said
to the wise men
of Babylon,
"Any
man
who
can read
this
inscription
and explain
its interpretation
to me shall be clothed
with purple
and have a necklace
of gold
around
his neck,
and have authority
as third
ruler in the kingdom."
8
Then
all
the king's
wise men
came
in, but they could
not read
the inscription
or make known
its interpretation
to the king.
9
Then
King
Belshazzar
was greatly
alarmed,
his face
grew even paler,
and his nobles
were perplexed.
10
The queen
entered
the banquet
hall
because
of the words
of the king
and his nobles;
the queen
spoke
and said,
"O king,
live
forever!
Do not let your thoughts
alarm
you or your face
be pale.
11
"There
is a man
in your kingdom
in whom
is a spirit
of the holy
gods;
and in the days
of
your father
,
illumination,
insight
and wisdom
like the wisdom
of the gods
were found
in him. And King
Nebuchadnezzar,
your father
,
your father
the king,
appointed
him chief
of the magicians,
conjurers,
Chaldeans
and diviners.
12
"This was because
an extraordinary
spirit,
k
now
ledge
and insight,
interpretation
of dreams,
explanation
of enigmas
and solving
of difficult problems
were found
in this Daniel,
whom
the king
named
Belteshazzar.
Let Daniel
now
be summoned
and he will declare
the
interpretation
."
13
Then
Daniel
was
brought
in before
the king
.
The king
spoke
and said
to
Daniel
,
"Are you that
Daniel
who
is one of the exiles
from Judah,
whom
my father
the king
brought
from Judah?
14
"Now I have heard
about
you that a spirit
of the gods
is in you, and that illumination,
insight
and extraordinary
wisdom
have been found
in you.
15
"Just now
the wise men
and the conjurers
were brought
in before
me that they might read
this
inscription
and make
its interpretation
known
to me, but they could
not declare
the interpretation
of the message.
16
"But I personally
have heard
about
you, that
you are able
to give interpretations
and solve
difficult problems.
Now
if
you are able
to read
the inscription
and make
its interpretation
known
to me, you will be clothed
with purple
and wear a necklace
of gold
around
your neck,
and you will have authority
as the third
ruler in the kingdom."
17
Then
Daniel
answered
and said
before
the king,
"Keep your gifts
for yourself or give
your rewards
to someone else;
however,
I will read
the inscription
to the king
and make
the interpretation
known
to him.
18
"O king,
the Most High
God
granted
sovereignty,
grandeur,
glory
and majesty
to Nebuchadnezzar
your father.
19
"Because
of the grandeur
which
He bestowed
on him, all
the peoples,
nations
and men of every language
feared
and trembled
before
him; whomever
he wished
he killed
and whomever
he wished
he spared alive;
and whomever
he wished
he elevated
and whomever
he wished
he humbled.
20
"But when
his heart
was lifted
up and his spirit
became so proud
that he behaved arrogantly,
he was deposed
from his royal
throne
and his glory
was taken away
from him.
21
"He was also driven away
from mankind,
and his heart
was made
like
that of beasts,
and his dwelling place
was with the wild donkeys.
He was given
grass
to eat
like
cattle,
and his body
was drenched
with the dew
of heaven
until
he recognized
that the Most High
God
is ruler
over
the realm
of mankind
and that He sets
over
it whomever
He wishes.
22
"Yet you, his son,
Belshazzar,
have not humbled
your heart,
even
though
you knew
all
this,
23
but you have exalted
yourself against
the Lord
of heaven;
and they have brought
the vessels
of His house
before
you, and you and your nobles,
your wives
and your concubines
have been drinking
wine
from them; and you have praised
the gods
of silver
and gold,
of bronze,
iron,
wood
and stone,
which
do not see,
hear
or understand.
But the God
in whose
hand
are your life-breath
and your ways,
you have not glorified.
24
"Then
the hand
was sent
from Him and this
inscription
was written
out.
25
"Now this
is the inscription
that was written
out: '
MENE,
MENE,
TEKEL,
UPHARSIN.'
26
"This
is the interpretation
of the message:
'MENE '--
God
has numbered
your kingdom
and put an end
to it.
27
"'TEKEL '--
you have been weighed
on the scales
and found
deficient.
28
"'PERES '--
your kingdom
has been divided
and given
over to the Medes
and Persians."
29
Then
Belshazzar
gave orders,
and they clothed
Daniel
with purple
and put a necklace
of gold
around
his neck,
and issued a proclamation
concerning
him that he now had
authority
as the third
ruler in the kingdom.
30
That same night
Belshazzar
the Chaldean
king
was slain.
31
So Darius
the Mede
received
the kingdom
at about the age
of sixty-two.
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