Daniel interprets the writing
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Dan 5:17: Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy 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.
Dan 5:18: O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
Dan 5:19: 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.
Dan 5:20: But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
Dan 5:21: 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: 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.
Dan 5:22: And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
Dan 5:23: 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 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:
Dan 5:24: Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
Dan 5:25: And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Dan 5:26: This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
Dan 5:27: TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Dan 5:28: PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Dan 5:29: Then commanded Belshazzar, and they 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.
Dan 5:30: In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
Dan 5:31: And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.