Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
Ver. 9. Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled.] In the midst of his feast he was thus damped and cast into his dumps; according to that of Amos, Amo 8:10 "I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation." Yet find we not in him any sign of true remorse. "Whoredom and wine and new wine had even taken away his heart," Hos 4:11 robbed him of himself, and laid a beast in the room.