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Daniel - ch 5 v 21 - 31
- and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts', and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the Most High God ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that he setteth up over it whomsoever he will.
- And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this,
- 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 from them; and thou hast praised the 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.
- Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
- And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
- This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end;
- TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
- PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
- Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
- In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
- And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
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