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They drank wine ,
and praised the gods of gold ,
and of silver ,
of brass ,
of iron ,
of wood ,
and of stone .
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In the same hour came forth fingers of a man '
s hand ,
and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king '
s palace :
and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote .
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Then the king '
s countenance was changed ,
and his thoughts troubled him ,
so that the joints of his loins were loosed ,
and his knees smote one against another .
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The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers ,
the Chaldeans ,
and the soothsayers .
And the king spake ,
and said to the wise men of Babylon ,
Whosoever shall read this writing ,
and shew me the interpretation thereof ,
shall be clothed with scarlet ,
and have a chain of gold about his neck ,
and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom .
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Then came in all the king '
s wise men :
but they could not read the writing ,
nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof .
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Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled ,
and his countenance was changed in him ,
and his lords were astonied .
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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 thee ,
nor let thy countenance be changed :
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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 in him ;
whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father ,
the king ,
I say ,
thy father ,
made master of the magicians ,
astrologers ,
Chaldeans ,
and soothsayers ;
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Forasmuch as an excellent spirit ,
and knowledge ,
and understanding ,
interpreting of dreams ,
and shewing of hard sentences ,
and dissolving of doubts ,
were found in the same Daniel ,
whom the king named Belteshazzar :
now let Daniel be called ,
and he will shew the interpretation .
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Then was Daniel brought in before the king .
And the king spake and said unto Daniel ,
Art thou that Daniel ,
which art of the children of the captivity of Judah ,
whom the king my father brought out of Jewry ?
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I have even heard of thee ,
that the spirit of the gods is in thee ,
and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee .
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And now the wise men ,
the astrologers ,
have been brought in before me ,
that they should read this writing ,
and make known unto me the interpretation thereof :
but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing :
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And I have heard of thee ,
that thou canst make interpretations ,
and dissolve doubts :
now if thou canst read the writing ,
and make known to me the interpretation thereof ,
thou shalt be clothed with scarlet ,
and have a chain of gold about thy neck ,
and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom .
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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 .
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O thou king ,
the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom ,
and majesty ,
and glory ,
and honour :
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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 .
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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 :
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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 .
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And thou his son ,
O Belshazzar ,
hast not humbled thine heart ,
though thou knewest all this ;
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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 :
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Then was the part of the hand sent from him ;
and this writing was written .
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And this is the writing that was written ,
MENE ,
MENE ,
TEKEL ,
UPHARSIN .
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This is the interpretation of the thing :
MENE ;
God hath numbered thy kingdom ,
and finished it .
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TEKEL ;
Thou art weighed in the balances ,
and art found wanting .
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PERES ;
Thy kingdom is divided ,
and given to the Medes and Persians .
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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 .