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Verse 16. _DISSOLVE DOUBTS_] _Untie knots - unbind what is bound_. An
expression used in the east to signify a _judge_ of eminent wisdom and
skill....
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AND I HAVE HEARD OF THEE ... - Daniel 5:11.
CANST MAKE INTERPRETATIONS - Margin, “interpret.” Chaldee,
“interpret interpretations.” The meaning is, that he was skilled
in interpreting or explaining d...
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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 ...
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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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_make_ better _give_(R.V.); lit. _interpret_.
_dissolve doubts_ LOOSE KNOTS. See on Daniel 5:12.
_thou shalt be clothed with_ PURPLE, &c. As Daniel 5:7.
_and_ RULE AS ONE OF THREE _in the kingdom_ S...
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THAT THOU CANST MAKE INTERPRETATIONS— _That thou canst explain what
is to be explained,_ or what stands in need of explanation. _And
dissolve doubts_ is literally _to untie knots;_ a manner of speakin...
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b. TURMOIL
TEXT: Daniel 5:8-16
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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...
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_I HAVE EVEN HEARD OF THEE, THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE GODS IS IN THEE,
AND THAT LIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING AND EXCELLENT WISDOM IS FOUND IN
THEE._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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 at...
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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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וַ אֲנָה֙ שִׁמְעֵ֣ת _עֲלָ֔ךְ_†
דִּֽי־_תִכּ֥וּל_† פִּשְׁרִ֛ין...
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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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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,...
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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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_Difficult. Literally, "things which are tied," or perplexing.
(Haydock) --- The Persians still used the like expressions, to imply
an intelligent governor. (Chardin.)_...
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What a consternation the whole court was thrown into by this event, we
may well conceive, by what is here said. Daniel is again had recourse
to, in order to help the king, and his party out of their a...
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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 I HAVE HEARD OF THEE,.... That is, by the queen, which he repeats
for the sake of observing what she had said of him, and which gave him
encouragement to send for him:
THAT THOU CANST MAKE INTERP...
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And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and
dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to
me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with sca...
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_Then was Daniel brought in before the king_ Daniel was now near
ninety years of age; so that his years and honours, and former
preferments, might have entitled him to a free admission into the
king's...
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THE FEAST AND THE HANDWRITING....
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and I have heard of thee that thou canst make interpretations and
dissolve doubts, untie the hardest knots. NOW, IF THOU CANST READ THE
WRITING AND MAKE KNOWN TO ME THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF, THOU SH...
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MAKE INTERPRETATIONS:
Cald. interpret...
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10-17 Daniel was forgotten at court; he lived privately, and was then
ninety years of age. Many consult servants of God on curious
questions, or to explain difficult subjects, but without asking the...
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These things were spoken to before, DANIEL 5:7,8....
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‘Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke and said
to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is of the children of the
captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah? I
h...
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Daniel 5:16
Note:
I. The three principal sources and causes whence our doubts arise, and
from which they get force to make their assault. They never come of
truth or high discovery, but always of the...
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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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_And dissolve doubts._
THE DISSOLVING OF DOUBTS
Doubts and questions are not peculiar to Nebuchadnezzar, but they are
the common lot and heritage of humanity. We live just now in a
specially doubting...
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_Then was Daniel brought in before the king._
THE PREACHER’S OPPORTUNITY
How the prophet always clears a space for himself; how on great
occasions men distribute themselves into proper classes. When...
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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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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.
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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 be...
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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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Acts 8:18; Daniel 5:7; Genesis 40:8...