• Daniel 5:20

    But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride,j he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

  • Daniel 5:21

    And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heartk was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

  • Daniel 5:22

    And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

  • Daniel 5:23

    But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

  • Daniel 5:24

    Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

  • Daniel 5:25

    And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

  • Daniel 5:26

    This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

  • Daniel 5:27

    TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

  • Daniel 5:28

    PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

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