Daniel 5 - Prayer Tents

5Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.H1113H4430H5648H7229H3900H506H7261H8355H2562H6903H506 2Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. / father: or, grandfather / taken: Cald. brought forthH1113H2942H2562H560H858H1722H3702H3984H2H5020H5312H4481H1965H3390H4430H7261H7695H3904H8355 3Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.H116H858H1722H3984H5312H4481H1965H1005H426H3390H4430H7261H7695H3904H8355 4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.H8355H2562H7624H426H1722H3702H5174H6523H636H69 5In 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.H8160H5312H677H606H3028H3790H6903H5043H5922H1528H3797H4430H1965H4430H2370H6447H3028H3790 6Then 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. / countenance: Cald. brightnesses / was changed: Cald. changed it / joints: or, girdles: Cald. bindings, or, knotsH116H4430H2122H8133H7476H927H7001H2783H8271H755H5368H1668H1668 7The 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. / aloud: Cald. with might / scarlet: or, purpleH4430H7123H2429H5954H826H3779H1505H4430H6032H560H2445H895H606H3606H7123H1836H3792H2324H6591H3848H711H2002H1722H5922H6676H8523H7981H4437 8Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.H116H5954H3606H4430H2445H3546H3809H7123H3792H3046H4430H6591 9Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. / countenance: Cald. brightnessesH116H4430H1113H7690H927H2122H8133H5922H7261H7672 10Now 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:H4433H6903H4406H4430H7261H5954H4961H1005H4433H6032H560H4430H2418H5957H409H7476H927H2122H8133 11There 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; / father: or, grandfatherH383H1400H4437H7308H6922H426H3118H2H5094H7924H2452H2452H426H7912H4430H5020H2H4430H2H6966H7229H2749H826H3779H1505 12Forasmuch 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. / interpreting: or, of an interpreter / dissolving: or, of a dissolver / doubts: Cald. knotsH6903H3606H3493H7308H4486H7924H6590H2493H263H280H8271H7001H7912H1841H4430H7761H8036H1096H3705H1841H7123H2324H6591 13Then 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? / father: or, grandfatherH116H1841H5954H6925H4430H4430H6032H560H1841H607H1841H4481H1123H1547H3061H4430H2H858H4481H3061 14I 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.H8086H7308H426H5922H5094H7924H3493H2452H7912 15And 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:H3705H2445H826H5954H6925H7123H1836H3792H3046H6591H3546H3809H2324H6591H4406 16And 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. / make interpretations: Cald. interpret, etcH576H8086H5922H3202H6590H6591H8271H7001H3705H2006H3202H7123H3792H3046H6591H3848H711H2002H1722H5922H6676H8531H7981H4437 17Then 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. / rewards: or, feeH116H1841H6032H560H6925H4430H4978H1934H3052H5023H321H1297H7123H3792H4430H3046H6591 18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:H607H4430H5943H426H3052H5020H2H4437H7238H3367H1923 19And 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.H4481H7238H3052H3606H5972H524H3961H1934H2112H1763H4481H6925H1934H6634H1934H6992H1934H6634H1934H2418H1934H6634H1934H7313H1934H6634H1934H8214 20But 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: / in pride: or, to deal proudly / deposed: Cald. made to come downH3825H7313H7308H8631H2103H5182H4481H4437H3764H5709H3367H4481 21And 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. / his heart…: or, he made his heart equal, etcH2957H4481H1123H606H3825H7739H5974H2423H4070H6167H2939H6211H8450H1655H6647H2920H8065H5705H3046H5943H426H7990H4437H606H6966H5922H4479H6634 22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;H607H1247H1113H3809H8214H3825H6903H3046H3606H1836 23But 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:H7313H5922H4756H8065H858H3984H1005H6925H607H7261H7695H3904H8355H2562H7624H426H3702H1722H5174H6523H636H69H2370H3809H3809H8086H3809H3046H426H3028H5396H3606H735H3809H1922 24Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.H116H6447H3028H7972H4481H6925H1836H3792H7560 25And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.H1836H3792H7560H4484H4484H8625H6537 26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.H1836H6591H4406H4484H426H4483H4437H8000 27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.H8625H8625H3977H7912H2627 28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.H6537H4437H6537H3052H4076H6540 29Then 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.H116H560H1113H3848H1841H711H2002H1722H5922H6676H3745H5922H1934H8531H7990H4437 30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.H3916H1113H4430H3779H6992 31And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. / being…: Cald. he as the son of, etc / about: or, nowH1868H4077H6902H4437H8361H8648H8140H1247