KJV + Strong's Belshazzar's Impious Feast 1Belshazzarthe kingmadea greatfeastto a thousandof his lords,and drankwinebeforethe thousand.2Belshazzar,whiles he tastedthe wine,commandedto bringthe goldenand silvervesselswhich his fatherNebuchadnezzarhad takenout ofthe templewhich [was] in Jerusalem;that the king,and his princes,his wives,and his concubines,might drinktherein.3Thenthey broughtthe goldenvesselsthat were takenout ofthe templeof the houseof Godwhich [was] at Jerusalem;and the king,and his princes,his wives,and his concubines,drankin them.4They drankwine,and praisedthe godsof gold,and of silver,of brass,of iron,of wood,and of stone. The Handwriting on the Wall 5In the same hourcame forthfingersof a man'shand,and wroteover againstthe candlestickuponthe plaisterof the wallof the king'spalace:and the kingsawthe partof the handthat wrote.6Thenthe king'scountenancewas changed,and his thoughtstroubledhim, so that the jointsof his loinswere loosed,and his kneessmoteoneagainst another.7The kingcriedaloudto bringin the astrologers,the Chaldeans,and the soothsayers.[And] the kingspake,and saidto the wise[men] of Babylon,Whosoevershall readthiswriting,and shewme the interpretationthereof, shall be clothedwith scarlet,and [have] a chainof goldabouthis neck,and shall be the thirdrulerin the kingdom.8Thencamein allthe king'swise[men]: but they couldnotreadthe writing,nor make knownto the kingthe interpretationthereof.9Thenwas kingBelshazzargreatlytroubled,and his countenancewas changedin him,and his lordswere astonied. 10[Now] the queen,by reasonof the wordsof the kingand his lords,cameinto the banquethouse:[and] the queenspakeand said,O king,livefor ever:let notthy thoughtstroublethee, nor let thy countenancebe changed:11There isa manin thy kingdom,in whom [is] the spiritof the holygods;and in the daysof thy fatherlightand understandingand wisdom,like the wisdomof the gods,was foundin him; whom the kingNebuchadnezzarthy father,the king,[I say], thy father,mademasterof the magicians,astrologers,Chaldeans,[and] soothsayers;12Forasmuch asan excellentspirit,and knowledge,and understanding,interpretingof dreams,and shewingof hard sentences,and dissolvingof doubts,were foundin the same Daniel,whom the kingnamedBelteshazzar:nowlet Danielbe called,and he will shewthe interpretation. Daniel Interprets the Handwriting 13Thenwas Danielbrought inbeforethe king.[And] the kingspakeand saidunto Daniel,[Art] thouthat Daniel,which [art] ofthe childrenof the captivityof Judah,whom the kingmy fatherbroughtout ofJewry?14I have even heardof thee, that the spiritof the gods[is] in thee,and [that] lightand understandingand excellentwisdomis foundin thee.15And nowthe wise[men], the astrologers,have been broughtin beforeme, that they should readthiswriting,and make knownunto me the interpretationthereof: but they couldnotshewthe interpretationof the thing:16And Ihave heardof thee,that thou canstmakeinterpretations,and dissolvedoubts:nowifthou canstreadthe writing,and make knownto me the interpretationthereof, thou shalt be clothedwith scarlet,and [have] a chainof goldaboutthy neck,and shalt be the thirdrulerin the kingdom. 17ThenDanielansweredand saidbeforethe king,Let thy giftsbeto thyself, and givethy rewardsto another;yetI will readthe writingunto the king,and make knownto him the interpretation.18O thouking,the most highGodgaveNebuchadnezzarthy fathera kingdom,and majesty,and glory,and honour:19And forthe majestythat he gavehim, allpeople,nations,and languages,trembledand fearedbeforehim:whom he wouldhe slew;and whom he wouldhe kept alive;and whom he wouldhe set up;and whom he wouldhe put down.20But when his heartwas lifted up,and his mindhardenedin pride,he was deposedfromhis kinglythrone,and they tookhis gloryfrom him:21And he was drivenfromthe sonsof men;and his heartwas madelikethe beasts,and his dwelling[was] with the wild asses:they fedhim with grasslike oxen,and his bodywas wetwith the dewof heaven;tillhe knewthat the most highGodruledin the kingdomof men,and [that] he appointethoverit whomsoeverhe will.22And thouhis son,O Belshazzar,hast nothumbledthine heart,thoughthou knewestallthis;23But hast lifted upthyself againstthe Lordof heaven;and they have broughtthe vesselsof his housebeforethee, and thou,and thy lords,thy wives,and thy concubines,have drunkwinein them; and thou hast praisedthe godsof silver,and gold,of brass,iron,wood,and stone,which seenot,norhear,norknow:and the Godin whose handthy breath[is], and whose [are] allthy ways,hast thou notglorified:24Thenwas the partof the handsentfromhim;and thiswritingwas written. 25And this[is] the writingthat was written,MENE,MENE,TEKEL,UPHARSIN.26This[is] the interpretationof the thing:MENE;Godhath numberedthy kingdom,and finishedit.27TEKEL;Thou art weighedin the balances,and art foundwanting.28PERES;Thy kingdomis divided,and givento the Medesand Persians. 29ThencommandedBelshazzar,and they clothedDanielwith scarlet,and [put] a chainof goldabouthis neck,and made a proclamationconcerninghim, that he should bethe thirdrulerin the kingdom. 30In that nightwas Belshazzarthe kingof the Chaldeansslain.31And Dariusthe Mediantookthe kingdom,[being] about threescoreand twoyearsold. |
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