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Verse 20. _HE WAS DEPOSED FROM HIS KINGLY THRONE_] Became insane; and
the reins of government were taken out of his hands....
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BUT WHEN HIS HEART WAS LIFTED UP - See Daniel 4:30.
AND HIS MIND HARDENED IN PRIDE - Margin, “to deal proudly.” The
state of mind indicated here is that in which there is no sense of
dependence, but...
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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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MIND. spirit. Chaldee. _ruach_. App-9....
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Before interpreting the writing Daniel reads the king a lesson.
Nebuchadnezzar's pride, combined with his refusal to recognize the
sovereignty of the true God, had brought upon him a bitter
humiliatio...
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_was lifted up_ Cf. Deuteronomy 8:14; Deuteronomy 17:20; Ezekiel
31:10, &c.
_and his_ SPIRIT WAS HARDENED THAT HE DEALT PROUDLY (R.V.)] -was
hardened" is literally _was strong_(i.e. stiff, u
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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...
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_BUT WHEN HIS HEART WAS LIFTED UP, AND HIS MIND HARDENED IN PRIDE, HE
WAS DEPOSED FROM HIS KINGLY THRONE, AND THEY TOOK HIS GLORY FROM HIM:_
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 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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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...
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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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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...
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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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BUT WHEN HIS HEART WAS LIFTED UP, AND HIS MIND HARDENED IT PRIDE,....
When his heart was elated with his successes and victories, with the
enlargement of his dominions, and with his grandeur and glory...
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But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he
was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
Ver. 20. _But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind har...
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_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...
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THE INTERPRETATION AND THE FULFILMENT...
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But, that is, in spite of this unexampled position of power, WHEN HIS
HEART WAS LIFTED UP AND HIS MIND HARDENED IN PRIDE, so that he thought
he could deal proudly, with an utter disregard of the will...
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IN PRIDE:
Or, to deal proudly
DEPOSED:
Cald. made to come down...
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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...
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Which was explained before: all this Daniel minds him of to rub up his
memory, that he might have the fuller blow in the application, DANIEL
5:22, for the aggravation of his crime....
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Daniel 5:20 heart H3825 up H7313 (H8752) spirit H7308 hardened H8631
(H8748) pride H2103 (H8682) deposed...
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“But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so
that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they
took his glory from him, and he was driven from the sons of men...
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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 5:13 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.
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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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1 Samuel 6:6; 2 Chronicles 36:13; 2 Kings 17:14; Daniel 4:30; D