rsv Daniel:5:21-31
rsv@Daniel:5:21 @ he was driven from among men, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most High God rules the kingdom of men, and sets over it whom he will.
rsv@Daniel:5:22 @ And you his son, Belshaz'zar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,
rsv@Daniel:5:23 @ but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.
rsv@Daniel:5:24 @ "Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.
rsv@Daniel:5:25 @ And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN.
rsv@Daniel:5:26 @ This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;
rsv@Daniel:5:27 @ TEKEL, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;
rsv@Daniel:5:28 @ PERES, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians."
rsv@Daniel:5:29 @ Then Belshaz'zar commanded, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put about his neck, and proclamation was made concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
rsv@Daniel:5:30 @ That very night Belshaz'zar the Chalde'an king was slain.
rsv@Daniel:5:31 @ And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
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