Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Daniel 5:22-23
But Belshazzar, in spite of the warning afforded by Nebuchadnezzar's fate, has sinned still more deeply, and by wanton sacrilege has deliberately defied the God of heaven.
But Belshazzar, in spite of the warning afforded by Nebuchadnezzar's fate, has sinned still more deeply, and by wanton sacrilege has deliberately defied the God of heaven.
Verse 22. _HAST NOT HUMBLED THINE HEART_] These _judgments_ and _mercies_ have had no good effect upon thee....
AND THOU HIS SON, O BELSHAZZAR, HAST NOT HUMBLED THINE HEART ... - As thou shouldst have done in remembrance of these events. The idea is, that we ought to derive valuable lessons from what has taken...
CHAPTER 5 BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST _ 1. Belshazzar's licentious feast (Daniel 5:1)_ 2. The writing on the wall (Daniel 5:5) 3. Forgotten Daniel (Daniel 5:10) 4. The message of Daniel ...
DANIEL 5. Belshazzar, who is represented as king of Babylon, makes a great feast, using the vessels which his father had brought to Babylon from the Temple at Jerusalem. During the feast the fingers o...
HIS SON. See note on "father", Daniel 5:2....
DISCOURSE: 1127 IMPENITENCE REPROVED Daniel 5:22. _And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this_. AMONGST the endowments of a pious minister, two of the...
c. TRANSGRESSION TEXT: Daniel 5:17-23 17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing unto the k...
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; AND THOU HIS SON, O BELSHAZZAR, HAST NOT HUMBLED THINE HEART, THOUGH THOU KNEWEST ALL THIS - thou hast erre...
BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST Belshazzar, king of Babylon, holds a great feast, at which he profanely uses the sacred vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple at Jerusalem (Daniel 5:1). He is terrified at...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 5 V1 King Belshazzar had a big party. He invited a thousand important people and he drank wine with them. V2 As Belshazzar drank wine,...
THOUGH THOU KNEWEST. — The whole history of Nebuchadnezzar was known to Belshazzar. He had not, however, learned the moral lesson conveyed by it. He was therefore doubly guilty in the sight of God, be...
_וְ_†_אַ֤נְתְּ_† בְּרֵהּ֙ בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֔ר לָ֥א הַשְׁפֵּ֖לְתְּ לִבְבָ֑ךְ
THE FIERY INSCRIPTION IN this chapter again we have another magnificent fresco-picture, intended, as was the last-but under circumstances of aggravated guilt and more terrible menace-to teach the les...
WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING Daniel 5:17-31 Daniel was unperturbed and undismayed. Calm and collected, he recognized his Father's handwriting, and read it, as the instructed may decipher a scroll which...
The next scene is cast in the reign of Belshazzar. He had succeeded to the throne of his father, and was a man of profligate habits. No details are given of his reign, but a graphic picture is set bef...
Who but must admire the faithfulness and honesty of Daniel. And who but must bless the Lord for making him so! It was now many a year since Daniel was first brought before the king on such an occasion...
Daniel here shews why he, related what we have hitherto heard concerning King _Nebuchadnezzar _’_s _punishment; for Belshazzar ought to have been so affected by that domestic example, as to submit him...
In chapter 5 the iniquity of the head of the Gentiles with respect to the God of Israel reaches the highest point, and assumes that character of insolence and contempt which is but the effort of weakn...
AND THOU HIS SON, O BELSHAZZAR,.... His grandson; Daniel 5:1: HAST NOT HUMBLED THINE HEART; so as to acknowledge the most high God, and his dependence on him; to own him as his Sovereign, by whom he...
_And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;_ Ver. 22. _And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart._] It was no small aggravation of hi...
_But when his heart was lifted up_ The expressions here have a peculiar force, in marking the haughty insolence of King Nebuchadnezzar. His authority, as mentioned in the last verse, had been raised t...
And thou, his son, or grandson, O BELSHAZZAR, HAST NOT HUMBLED THINE HEART, not having profited by the example of his relative, THOUGH THOU KNEWEST ALL THIS,...
THE INTERPRETATION AND THE FULFILMENT...
18-31 Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are pleased with gods that neither see, nor hear, nor know; but t...
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 punishe...
Daniel 5:22 you H607 son H1247 Belshazzar H1113 not H3809 humbled H8214 (H8684) heart H3825 although H6903 knew...
“And you his descendant, O Belshazzar, you have not humbled your heart; though you knew all this. But you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven, and they have brought the vessels of his h...
Daniel 5:1 I. Belshazzar's feast was characterised by great intemperance. II. It was characterised by great profanity. III. This night was one of supernatural visitation. IV. This was a night of t...
CONTENTS: Daniel's personal history under Belshazzar and Darius. The pride of Belshazzar and his downfall. The writing on the wall. Its interpretation and fulfillment. CHARACTERS: God, Belshazzar, Qu...
Daniel 5:2. _Belshazzar his father Nebuchadnezzar._ Belshazzar was the son of Evilmerodach, and grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. The empire therefore falling at this time, fulfilled the prophecy, that all...
_Hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this._ THE PROPHET’S INDICTMENT It included three counts. 1. The teaching of God had been disregarded. The sovereignty of Nebuchadnezzar had b...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:1 Daniel explains to Belshazzar, the last king of Babylon, that the writing on the wall is a message that the true God rules over all. In his own time, this true God will vindi...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:13 Daniel alone is able to decipher the writing on the wall. It is a message from the true God, telling of the end of the Babylonian Empire. ⇐...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XVII.—BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST (Chap. 5.) This chapter deservedly a favourite with general readers [126]. The magnificence, excitement, and revelry of the royal feast; the profligate kin...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 5:1 BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST. In regard to this chapter the peculiar state of the Septuagint text has to be noted. At the beginning of the chapter there are three verses which seem to be...
Shall we turn now in our Bible to Daniel, chapter 5. Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousands (Daniel 5:1). There are men who call themse...
1 Peter 5:5; 1 Peter 5:6; 2 Chronicles 33:23; 2 Chronicles 36:12;...