Daniel 5:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Mene, Mene; He hath numbered, or, It is numbered, it is numbered. These words are doubled for the greater confirmation, to note that the number of his sins and of his days, both of life and reign, are full. It relates to the number of the seventy years captivity now completed, or to the seventy years for the overthrow of the Babylonish empire, or the translation of it to the Medes and Persians, foretold Isa 13 $ Isa 14$ Jer 1 $, and in the dream, Daniel 2:32.

Daniel 5:26

26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.