Daniel 5:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Sins against knowledge, experience, and example have the highest aggravation. Thy father was punished for his pride most dreadfully, and thou knewest it, and behold thou art worse than he. God punisheth others for example and warning to us, that we may hear and fear, and do no more wickedly; but thou, O king Belshazzar, art more wicked than thy father; he was restored, but thou art utterly destroyed. And now he goes on to tell for what.

Daniel 5:22

22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;