greatly troubled greatly alarmed, a climax upon Daniel 5:6.
and his brightness was changed upon him -upon" in accordance with the principle explained on Daniel 2:1.
were astonied were confused or (R.V.) perplexed.
THEN WAS KING BELSHAZZAR GREATLY TROUBLED - Not doubting that this was a Divine intimation of some fearful event, and yet unable to understand its meaning. We are quite as likely to be troubled by wha...
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...
THEN WAS KING BELSHAZZAR GREATLY TROUBLED. His alarm filled him with intense anxiety. It certainly portended something and yet its significance was wrapped in dreadful obscurity. The whole court was...
ASTONIED. dumbfoundered....
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 WAS KING BELSHAZZAR GREATLY TROUBLED, AND HIS COUNTENANCE WAS CHANGED IN HIM, AND HIS LORDS WERE ASTONIED._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
5:9 in (d-12) Lit. 'upon.'...
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,...
The terror of Belshazzar and his lords is caused by the impression that the inability of the wise men to read the inscription is the portent of some terrible calamity....
אֱ֠דַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א בֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ שַׂגִּ֣יא מִתְבָּהַ֔ל וְ...
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...
Now, with regard to the writing itself, God could not be a free agent unless he possessed the power of addressing one man at one time, and a number of men at another. He wished King Belshazzar to be c...
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 KING BELSHAZZAR GREATLY TROUBLED,.... A second time, and perhaps more than before; since he had conceived some hope that his wise men would have informed him what this writing was, and the me...
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. Ver. 9. _Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled._] In the midst of his feast he was...
_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, on account of the utter inability of the wise men to give him the desired information, WAS KING BELSHAZZAR GREATLY TROUBLED, he was filled with deepest apprehension and trepidation, AND HIS COUN...
THE FEAST AND THE HANDWRITING....
COUNTENANCE: Cald. brightnesses...
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 second time, because his hopes in his wise men made him ashamed, and God would give him so much grief as he had pleasure in his luxury. HIS LORDS WERE ASTONIED: these were associates in sinning, a...
Daniel 5:9 Then H116 King H4430 Belshazzar H1113 greatly H7690 troubled H927 (H8727) his H5922 countenance H2122 changed...
‘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 10:8; Daniel 2:1; Daniel 5:6; Isaiah 13:6; Isaiah 21:2;...