"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."
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AND HE WAS DRIVEN ... - See this fully explained in Daniel 4:25....
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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 (Daniel 5:17)
Danie...
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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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DRIVEN, &C. Compare Daniel 4:32.
WET. drenched....
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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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THE WILD ASSES— See the beautiful description of the wild ass, in
Job, chap. Job 39:5, &c. Instead of _ruled,_ in the latter part of
this verse, we may read _ruleth._...
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c. TRANSGRESSION
TEXT: Daniel 5:17-23
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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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And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart 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 heave...
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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 a...
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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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HIS DWELLING... — This is a fact supplementary to what is stated in
Daniel 4....
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וּ מִן ־בְּנֵי֩ אֲנָשָׁ֨א טְרִ֜יד וְ
לִבְבֵ֣הּ ׀ עִם ־חֵיוְתָ֣א
_שַׁוִּ֗יְו_† וְ עִם ־עֲרָֽדַיָּא֙
מְדֹורֵ֔הּ...
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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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_Beasts. His disordered imagination made him dwell with them.
(Worthington) --- It is strange that such an example should have been
so soon forgotten, that Daniel is forced to repeat it so explicitly....
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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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First, with respect to the text; verbally, it is “_he _put,” and
thus some translate, “_he _placed his own heart among the brutes,”
which makes a tolerable sense; but others rather refer this to God,...
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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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AND HE WAS DRIVEN FROM THE SONS OF MEN,.... From their company, and
from conversation with them; his madness was of that kind, that he
chose rather to be with beasts than men; it drove him from men, a...
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And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart 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 heav...
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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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HIS HEART WAS MADE LIKE:
Or, he made his heart equal, etc....
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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 th...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Daniel 5:21 driven H2957 (H8752) from H4481 sons H1123 men H606 heart
H3825 made H7739 (H8745) like H5974 beasts H2423 dwelling H4070
donkeys H6167 fed H2939 (H8748) grass H6211 oxen H8450 body H1655...
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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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_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 b...
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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 4:17; Daniel 4:25; Daniel 4:32; Daniel 4:33; Daniel 4:35;
Daniel 4:37; Exodus 9:14; Ezekiel 17:24; Job 30:3; Psalms 83:17;...