“ And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. ”
And this is the writing that was written - The Babylonians, it would seem, were unacquainted with the “characters” that were used, and of course unable to understand the meaning. See Daniel 5:8...
And this [is] the writing that was written, (n) MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. (n) This word is written twice because of the certainty of the thing, showing that God had most surely decided: it signif...
Daniel 5. Belshazzar, who is represented as king of Babylon, makes a great feast, using the vessels which his father had brought to Babylon from the Temple at Jerusalem. During the feast the finger...
MENE, MENE . NUMBERED, NUMBERED. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6), for great emphasis. Chaldee. mene', mene . = numbered [yea] ended. See note on Jeremiah 27:7 . TEKEL . WEIGHED. Chaldee. t...
Daniel here explains these four verses which were written upon the wall. The king could not read them, either through stupor, or because God blunted all his senses, and blinded his eyes, as was...
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. And this is the writing - Had the words been written in the Chaldean character, every wise man there, every one that could rea...
MENE, &c.— These words are fully explained by Daniel in the following verses. The word Mene is doubled, to shew that the thing is certain and established by God; as Joseph told Pharaoh in a s...
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN - literally, numbered, weighed, and dividers.
Belshazzar's Feast Belshazzar, king of Babylon, holds a great feast, at which he profanely uses the sacred vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple at Jerusalem ( Daniel 5:1-4 ). He is terr...
Mene ... — It should be remarked that the word Mene, which occurs twice in the inscription, is found only once in the interpretation, and that the “Medes” who are mentioned in the interpretation a...
THE FIERY INSCRIPTION IN this chapter again we have another magnificent fresco-picture, intended, as was the last-but under circumstances of aggravated guilt and more terrible menace-to teach the...
Weighed and Found Wanting Daniel 5:17-31 Daniel was unperturbed and undismayed. Calm and collected, he recognized his Father's handwriting, and read it, as the instructed may decipher a scroll...
The next scene is cast in the reign of Belshazzar. He had succeeded to the throne of his father, and was a man of profligate habits. No details are given of his reign, but a graphic picture is set be...
There is some little difficulty to an ordinary Reader in observing, that the words of the hand writing on the wall, and the manner of Daniel's interpreting them are not the same. The word MENE is twi...
And this is the writing that was written ,.... They are such and such letters, and so to be read, as follows: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN ; which are Chaldee words, and may be literally rendered,...
And this [is] the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. Ver. 25. MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. ] These words signify, He hath perfectly numbered, he hath weighed, and it falleth in...
Then was part of the hand sent from him The LXX. read, Δια τουτο εκ προσωπου αυτου απεσταλη αστραγαλος χειρος, και την γραφην ταυτην ενεταξε. “On this account hath the joint, or part of a hand, bee...
Daniel Brought before Belshazzar. B. C. 538. 10 Now the queen, by reason of the word...
No text from Poole on this verse.
“Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed. And this is the writing that was inscribed, MENEMENETEKELUPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: · MEN...
HOMILETICS SECT. XVII.—BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST (Chap. 5.) This chapter deservedly a favourite with general readers [126]. The magnificence, excitement, and revelry of the royal feast; the profligate k...
Daniel 5:1-31 I. Belshazzar's feast was characterised by great intemperance. II. It was characterised by great profanity. III. This night was one of supernatural visitation. IV. This was a nigh...
Daniel 5:2 . Belshazzar his father Nebuchadnezzar. Belshazzar was the son of Evilmerodach, and grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. The empire therefore falling at this time, fulfilled the prophecy, that a...
And this writing was written. Writing on the Wall at Belshazzar’s Feast I. T HE SCENE IN WHICH IT OCCURRED . An eastern palace. 1. It was a scene of drunkenness and revelling. The narrative...
EXPOSITION Daniel 5:1-27 BELSHAZZAR 'S FEAST . In regard to this chapter the peculiar state of the Septuagint text has to be noted. At the beginning of the chapter there are three verses...
The Interpretation and the Fulfilment
Daniel 5:25