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:
Ver. 23. But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven.] As did also Pharaoh, Sennacherib, Herod, Act 12:21-23 whose acts were set forth with false and flattering praises by Nicholas Damascenus, as Josephus a complaineth; but so are not Belshazzar's by holy Daniel, who yet is almost his only historiographer.
And whose are all thy ways.] Chald., Thy whole journey.
a Antiq., lib. xvi. cap. 11.