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THEN WAS KING BELSHAZZAR GREATLY TROUBLED - Not doubting that this was
a Divine intimation of some fearful event, and yet unable to
understand its meaning. We are quite as likely to be troubled by wha...
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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 ...
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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...
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THEN WAS KING BELSHAZZAR GREATLY TROUBLED.
His alarm filled him with intense anxiety. It certainly portended
something and yet its significance was wrapped in dreadful obscurity.
The whole court was...
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ASTONIED. dumbfoundered....
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_greatly troubled greatly_ ALARMED, a climax upon Daniel 5:6.
_and his_ BRIGHTNESS was _changed_ UPON _him_ -upon" in accordance
with the principle explained on Daniel 2:1.
_were astonied were_ CONF...
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b. TURMOIL
TEXT: Daniel 5:8-16
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Then came in all the king's wise men; but they could not read the
writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.
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Then was king Belshazzar greatly troub...
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_THEN WAS KING BELSHAZZAR GREATLY TROUBLED, AND HIS COUNTENANCE WAS
CHANGED IN HIM, AND HIS LORDS WERE ASTONIED._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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...
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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,...
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The terror of Belshazzar and his lords is caused by the impression
that the inability of the wise men to read the inscription is the
portent of some terrible calamity....
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אֱ֠דַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א בֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙
שַׂגִּ֣יא מִתְבָּהַ֔ל וְ...
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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...
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THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
Daniel 5:1-16
The name of Belshazzar has been deciphered in inscriptions found at
Babylon, from which it is inferred that he was associated with his
father in the kingdom,...
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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...
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Behold, Reader! on what a slender thread the happiness of man hangs,
when in a moment the appearance on a wall can snap it asunder! What
was it so alarmed the reveling prince, and his drunken lords? S...
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Now, with regard to the writing itself, God could not be a free agent
unless he possessed the power of addressing one man at one time, and a
number of men at another. He wished King Belshazzar to be c...
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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...
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THEN WAS KING BELSHAZZAR GREATLY TROUBLED,.... A second time, and
perhaps more than before; since he had conceived some hope that his
wise men would have informed him what this writing was, and the
me...
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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...
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_Then came in all the king's wise men_ Ambitious of the honour, and
desirous to gratify the king. _But they could not read the writing_
Because, says Houbigant, it was written in the ancient Samaritan...
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Then, on account of the utter inability of the wise men to give him
the desired information, WAS KING BELSHAZZAR GREATLY TROUBLED, he was
filled with deepest apprehension and trepidation, AND HIS COUN...
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THE FEAST AND THE HANDWRITING....
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COUNTENANCE:
Cald. brightnesses...
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1-9 Belshazzar bade defiance to the judgments of God. Most historians
consider that Cyrus then besieged Babylon. Security and sensuality are
sad proofs of approaching ruin. That mirth is sinful indee...
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The second time, because his hopes in his wise men made him ashamed,
and God would give him so much grief as he had pleasure in his luxury.
HIS LORDS WERE ASTONIED: these were associates in sinning, a...
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Daniel 5:9 Then H116 King H4430 Belshazzar H1113 greatly H7690
troubled H927 (H8727) his H5922 countenance H2122 changed...
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‘Then all the king's wise men came in. But they could not read the
writing or make its interpretation clear to the king. Then was king
Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his face was changed on him, and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:5 The FINGERS of a mysterious HAND wrote ON
THE PLASTER of the PALACE wall...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Daniel 10:8; Daniel 2:1; Daniel 5:6; Isaiah 13:6; Isaiah 21:2;...