Daniel:5

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* Belshazzar the king , made a great feast , to a thousand of his nobles , and , before the thousand , was drinking , wine . * Belshazzar , gave word , at the flavour of the wine , to bring the vessels of gold and silver , which Nebuchadnezzar his father , had brought forth , out of the temple which was in Jerusalem , that the king and his nobles , his wives and his concubines , might drink therein . * Then brought they the vessels of gold which had been taken out of the temple of the house of God , which was in Jerusalem , and the king and his nobles , his wives and , his concubines , drank therein : * they drank wine , and praised the gods of gold and silver , bronze , iron , wood and stone . * Immediately , came forth the fingers of the hand of a man , and wrote ,, over against the chandelier , upon the plaster of the wall of the palace of the king , and , the king , saw the part of the hand which was writing , * Then , as for the king , his bright looks , changed in him , and , his thoughts , terrified him , and , the joints of his loins , were loosed , and , his knees , smote , one against another . * The king began crying out again , to bring in the magicians , the Chaldeans and the astrologers , the king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon , Whosoever it is that shall read this writing , and , the interpretation thereof , shall declare unto me , with purple , shall he be clothed , and have a chain of gold upon his neck , and , as the third in the kingdom , shall he have dominion . * Then were coming in all the wise men of the king , but , the writing , could they not read , nor , the interpretation , make known to the king . * Then , King Belshazzar , was greatly terrified , and , his bright looks , were changed upon him , and , his nobles , were perplexed . * The queen , by reason of the words of the king and his nobles , into the house of banqueting , entered , the queen spake and said , O king ! for ages , live ! Let not thy thoughts , terrify thee , and , as for thy bright looks , let them not be changed . * There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods , and , in the days of thy father , light , and intelligence , and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods , were found in him , and , King Nebuchadnezzar thy father , appointed him , chief of the sacred scribes , the magicians , the Chaldeans , and the astrologers , thy father , O king ! * Forasmuch as , a distinguished spirit , and knowledge and intelligence , ability to interpret dreams and solve riddles and unravel knotty points , were found in the same Daniel , whom the king named Belteshazzar , now let , Daniel , be called , and , the interpretation , will he declare . * Then , Daniel , was brought in before the king , the king spake and said unto Daniel , Art , thou , that Daniel , that is of the sons of the exile of Judah , whom the king my father brought out of Judah ? * Then , I have heard concerning thee , that , the spirit of the gods , is in thee , and , light and intelligence and distinguished wisdom , are found in thee . * Now , therefore , have been brought in before me , the wise men , the magicians , that , this writing , they might read , and , the interpretation thereof , might make known unto me , but they were not able , the interpretation of the thing , to declare . * I , however , have heard concerning thee , that thou art able , interpretations , to unfold , and , knotty points , to unravel , Now , if thou be able , the writing , to read , and , the interpretation thereof , to make known unto me , with purple , shalt thou be clothed , and , a chain of gold , shalt thou have upon thy neck , and , as the third in the kingdom , shalt thou have dominion . * Then spake Daniel , and said before the king , As for thy gifts , thine own let them remain , and , thy presents , on another , bestow , howbeit , the writing , will I read to the king , and , the interpretation thereof , will I make known to him . * As for thee , O king , the Most High God , gave , kingship and greatness and honour and majesty , unto Nebuchadnezzar thy father ; * and , for the greatness that he gave him , all peoples , races and tongues , used to tremble and to withdraw falteringly from 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 . * But , when uplifted was his heart and , his spirit , became obstinate so as to act arrogantly , he was put down from the throne of his kingdom , and , his dignity , took they from him ; * And , from among the sons of men , was he driven , and , his heart , to a wild beasts , became equal , and , with the wild asses , was his dwelling , and , grasslike oxen , they suffered him to eat , and , with the dew of the heavens , his body , was drencheduntil that he came to know that the Most High God , hath dominion , over the kingdom of men , and , whomsoever he pleaseth , he setteth up over it . * And yet , thou , his son , O Belshazzar ! hast not humbled thy heart , though , all this , thou knewest ; * but , against the Lord of the heavens , hast uplifted thyself , and , the vessels of his house , have they brought before thee , and , thou , and thy nobles , thy wives and thy concubines , have been drinking , wine , therein , and , gods of silver and gold , of bronze , iron , wood and stone , which see not nor hear nor know , hast thou praised , whereas , God , in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all thy ways , him , hast thou not glorified . * Then was there put forth from before him the part of the hand , and , this writing , was inscribed : * And this is the writing which was inscribed , Mne , Mne , Tkel , u-Pharsin . * This , is the interpretation of the thing , Mne , God hath reckoned up thy reign , and ended it : \fs15 * Tkel , thou art weighed in the balances , and found wanting ; \fs15 * Pres , snatched away is thy kingdom , and given to the Medes and Persians . \fs15 * Then Belshazzar , gave word , that they should clothe Daniel with purple , and put a chain of gold upon his neck , and should make a proclamation concerning him , that he should be the third ruler over the kingdom . * In that night , was slain Belshazzar , the king of the Chaldeans . * And , Darius the Mede , received the kingdom , when about sixty-two years of age .

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