Daniel 5:1-9 (CJB) | TrulyRandomVerse

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Belshatzar the king gave a great banquet for a thousand of his lords, and in the presence of the thousand he was drinking wine.

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While tasting the wine, Belshatzar ordered that the gold and silver vessels which his father N'vukhadnetzar had removed from the temple in Yerushalayim be brought; so that the king, his lords, his wives and his concubines could drink from them.

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So they brought the gold vessels which had been removed from the sanctuary of the house of God in Yerushalayim; and the king, his lords, his wives and his concubines drank from them.

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They drank their wine and praised their gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.

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Suddenly, the fingers of a human hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the palace wall by the lampstand. When the king saw the palm of the hand that was writing,

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the king's face took on a different look. As frightening thoughts rose up within him, his hip joints gave way and his knees started knocking together.

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The king cried out to bring in the exorcists, astrologers and diviners. The king said to the sages of Bavel, "Whoever can read this inscription and tell me what it means will be dressed in royal purple, wear a gold chain around his neck and be one of the three men ruling the kingdom."

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But although all the king's sages came in, none could read the inscription or tell the king what it meant.

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Then King Belshatzar became terrified; his face turned pale, and his lords were thrown into confusion.

Daniel 5:1-9

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