George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Daniel 5:8
Read. It was written in Samaritan characters; or, for want of vowels, could not be read or understood. (Calmet)
Read. It was written in Samaritan characters; or, for want of vowels, could not be read or understood. (Calmet)
Verse Daniel 5:8. _THEY COULD NOT READ THE WRITING_] Because it was in the _pure Hebrew_, not the _Chaldean character_. See below....
THEN CAME IN ALL THE KING’S WISE MEN - The classes above referred to, Daniel 5:7. BUT THEY COULD NOT READ THE WRITING - The character was an unknown character to them. It may have been a character whi...
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...
THEY COULD NOT READ THE WRITING. If the characters were Hebrew the wise men were not familiar with them. They may not have belonged to any human language....
THE KING'S. Some codices read "Babylon's"....
The wise men, however, failed either to read or to explain the writing....
BUT THEY COULD NOT READ THE WRITING— Because, says Houbigant, it was written in the ancient Samaritan characters, and such as were used upon their coins; which were very unlike the Chaldean letters: f...
b. TURMOIL TEXT: Daniel 5:8-16 8 Then came in all the king's wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation. 9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troub...
Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. THEN CAME IN ALL THE KING'S WISE MEN: BUT THEY COULD NOT READ THE...
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,...
THEN — _i.e.,_ after the king had addressed the wise men whom he had summoned. But why could not they read an inscription which Daniel deciphered at first sight? It has been conjectured (1) that the c...
אֱדַ֨יִן֙ _עָֽלִּ֔ין_† כֹּ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֣י מַלְכָּ֑א וְ לָֽא
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Here Daniel relates how deceived the king was in his opinion, in hoping for any interpretation of the writing from either the magi or the astrologers, the Chaldeans or the soothsayers; for none of the...
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...
THEN CAME IN ALL THE KING'S WISE MEN,.... The whole college of them, the persons before described; over whom, in Nebuchadnezzar's time, Daniel was the chief of the governors, Daniel 2:48, these came i...
_Then came in all the king's wise [men]: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof._ Ver. 8. _But they could not read the writing._] _Utpote caecitate...
_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...
Then came in all the king's wise men, one after the other appearing in agreement with his summons; BUT THEY COULD NOT READ THE WRITING NOR MAKE KNOWN TO THE KING THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF. In other w...
THE FEAST AND THE HANDWRITING....
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...
The rabbies say it was not in the Chaldee character, though the words were Chaldee, but the old Hebrew, Canaanitish, Phoenician, and Samaritan letters; or else because only the initial letters, M. T....
Daniel 5:8 Now H116 all H3606 kings H4430 wise H2445 came H5954 (H8750) could H3546 (H8751) not...
‘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...
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...
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 5:5 The FINGERS of a mysterious HAND wrote ON THE PLASTER of the PALACE wall...
_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...
Daniel 2:27; Daniel 4:7; Genesis 41:8; Isaiah 47:12; Isaiah 47:9...