Daniel:5

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* Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords , and drank sh @ wine before the thousand . * Belshazzar Belsha #tstsar #, whiles he tasted the wine , commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken n @ out of the temple which was in Jerusalem Y @ruwshalem (Chald )#; that the king , and his princes , his wives , and his concubines , might drink sh @ therein . * Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken n @ out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem Y @ruwshalem (Chald )#; and the king , and his princes , his wives , and his concubines , drank sh @ in them . * They drank sh @ wine , and praised sh @ the gods of gold , and of silver , of brass , of iron , of wood , and of stone . * In the same hour came forth n @ fingers of a mans hand , and wrote k @ over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the kings palace : and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote k @. * Then the kings countenance was changed sh @, and his thoughts troubled b @ him , so that the joints of his loins were loosed sh @, and his knees smote n @ one against another . * The king cried q @ aloud to bring in the astrologers , the Chaldeans , and the soothsayers g @. And the king spake , and said to the wise men of Babylon , Whosoever #H3606shall read q @ this writing , and shew me the interpretation thereof , shall be clothed l @ with scarlet #arg @van #, and have a chain of gold about his neck tsavva #r #, and shall be the third ruler sh @ in the kingdom . * Then came in all the kings wise men : but they could k @ not read q @ the writing , nor make known y @ to the king the interpretation thereof . * Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled b @, and his countenance was changed sh @ in him , and his lords were astonied sh @. * Now the queen , by reason of the words of the king and his lords , came into the banquet house : and the queen spake and said , O king , live for ever : let not thy thoughts trouble b @ thee , nor let thy countenance be changed sh @: * 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 understanding and wisdom , like the wisdom of the gods , was found sh @ in him ; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father , the king , I say , thy father , made master of the magicians , astrologers , Chaldeans , and soothsayers g @; * Forasmuch as q @bel # an excellent spirit , and knowledge , and understanding , interpreting p @ of dreams , and shewing of hard sentences , and dissolving sh @ of doubts , were found sh @ in the same Daniel Daniye #l #, whom the king named Belteshazzar Belt @sha #tstsar #: now let Daniel be called q @, and he will shew the interpretation . * Then was Daniel brought in before the king . And the king spake and said unto Daniel Daniye #l #, Art thou that Daniel Daniye #l #, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah , whom the king my father brought out of Jewry ? * I have even heard sh @ of thee , that the spirit of the gods is in thee , and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found sh @ in thee . * And now the wise men , the astrologers , have been brought in before me , that they should read q @ this writing , and make known y @ unto me the interpretation thereof : but they could k @ not shew the interpretation of the thing : * And I have heard sh @ of thee , that thou canst y @ make p @ interpretations , and dissolve sh @ doubts : now if thou canst y @ read q @ the writing , and make known y @ to me the interpretation thereof , thou shalt be clothed l @ with scarlet #arg @van #, and have a chain of gold about thy neck tsavva #r #, and shalt be the third ruler sh @ in the kingdom . * Then Daniel answered and said before the king , Let thy gifts be to thyself , and give y @ thy rewards to another ; yet I will read q @ the writing unto the king , and make known y @ to him the interpretation . * O thou king , the most high God gave y @ Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom , and majesty , and glory , and honour : * And for the majesty that he gave y @ him , all people , nations , and languages , trembled and feared d @ before him : whom he would ts @ he slew q @; and whom he would ts @ he kept alive ; and whom he would ts @ he set up ; and whom he would ts @ he put down sh @. * But when his heart was lifted up , and his mind hardened t @ in pride , he was deposed n @ from his kingly throne , and they took his glory from him : * And he was driven t @ from the sons of men ; and his heart was made sh @ like the beasts , and his dwelling was with the wild asses : they fed him with grass like oxen , and his body was wet ts @ with the dew of heaven ; till he knew y @ that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men , and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will ts @. * And thou his son , O Belshazzar Belsha #tstsar #, hast not humbled sh @ thine heart , though thou knewest y @ 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 sh @ wine in them ; and thou hast praised sh @ the gods of silver , and gold , of brass , iron , wood , and stone , which see not , nor hear sh @, nor know y @: 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 sh @ from him ; and this writing was written r @. * And this is the writing that was written r @, MENE , MENE , TEKEL t @, UPHARSIN p @. * This is the interpretation of the thing : MENE ; God hath numbered m @ thy kingdom , and finished sh @ it . * TEKEL t @; Thou art weighed t @ in the balances mo #zen #, and art found sh @ wanting . * PERES p @; Thy kingdom is divided p @, and given y @ to the Medes and Persians . * Then commanded Belshazzar Belsha #tstsar #, and they clothed l @ Daniel with scarlet #arg @van #, and put a chain of gold about his neck tsavva #r #, and made a proclamation k @ concerning him , that he should be the third ruler 07990in the kingdom . * In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain q @. * And Darius the Median took q @ the kingdom , being about threescore and two years old .

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