Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Daniel 5:24
It is called part of the hand, because the hand appeared parted from the rest of the body.
It is called part of the hand, because the hand appeared parted from the rest of the body.
Verse 24. _THEN WAS THE PART OF THE HAND SENT_] This was the filling up of the cup of thy iniquity; this last act made thee ripe for destruction....
THEN WAS THE PART OF THE HAND SENT FROM HIM - To wit, the fingers. See Daniel 5:5. The sense is, that when it was fully perceived that Belshazzar was not disposed to learn that there was a God in heav...
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...
THIS WRITING. The Divine prophetic meaning could not be _known_ or _understood_ till interpreted by Daniel. WRITTEN: or graven....
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...
_Then_was _the_ PALM (Daniel 5:5) _of the hand_ SENT FORTH FROM BEFORE _him; and this writing_was INSCRIBED] Daniel 5:5. _Then_is here equivalent, virtually, to _hence, therefore_....
THEN WAS THE PART OF THE HAND SENT— _Therefore is the hand sent from him, the fingers whereof have formed this writing._ Houbigant....
d. TRAGEDY TEXT: Daniel 5:24-31 24 then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed, 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN....
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. THEN - when thou liftest thyself against the Lord. THE PART OF THE HAND - the fore part, the fingers. WAS ... SENT FR...
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. — Not only “at that time,” but also “because of this.” Daniel here expressly designates the writing as something proceeding from God....
בֵּ אדַ֨יִן֙ מִן ־קֳדָמֹ֔והִי שְׁלִ֖יַחַ פַּסָּ֣א...
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...
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...
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...
(m) Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. (m) After God had for such a long time deferred his anger, and patiently waited for your repentance....
There is some little difficulty to an ordinary Reader in observing, that the words of the hand writing on the wall, and the manner of Daniel's interpreting them are not the same. The word MENE is twic...
Some stress must be laid upon the adverb באדין,_badin, _“_at _that time,” because God’s wrath, or at least its denunciation, was now ripe. Daniel, therefore, shews how very patiently God had borne wit...
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 WAS THE PART OF THE HAND SENT FROM HIM,.... That is, from God: being thus reproached and blasphemed, at that very instant, and for that reason, because the vessels of his sanctuary were profaned,...
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. Ver. 24. _Then was the part of the hand._] _Completa peccati mensura, non differtur poena,_ when sin is once ripe, punishmen...
_Then was part of the hand sent from him_ The LXX. read, Δια τουτο εκ προσωπου αυτου απεσταλη αστραγαλος χειρος, και την γραφην ταυτην ενεταξε. “On this account hath the joint, or part of a hand, been...
Then was the part of the hand, the outstretched fingers of the writing hand, SENT FROM HIM, AND THIS WRITING WAS WRITTEN, to announce the doom which was now inevitable....
THE INTERPRETATION AND THE FULFILMENT...
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...
Daniel 5:24 Then H116 fingers H6447 hand H3028 sent H7972 (H8750) from H4481 Him H6925 this H1836 writing...
“Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed. And this is the writing that was inscribed, MENEMENETEKELUPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: · MENE...
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...
_And this writing was written._ WRITING ON THE WALL AT BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST I. THE SCENE IN WHICH IT OCCURRED. An eastern palace. 1. It was a scene of drunkenness and revelling. The narrative makes th...
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 5:13 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. ⇐...
_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 5:5...
From him — From that God whom thou hast despised....