Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Daniel 5:20
Verse 20. He was deposed from his kingly throne] Became insane; and the reins of government were taken out of his hands.
Verse 20. He was deposed from his kingly throne] Became insane; and the reins of government were taken out of his hands.
BUT WHEN HIS HEART WAS LIFTED UP - See Daniel 4:30. AND HIS MIND HARDENED IN PRIDE - Margin, “to deal proudly.” The state of mind indicated here is that in which there is no sense of dependence, but...
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...
MIND. spirit. Chaldee. _ruach_. App-9....
_was lifted up_ Cf. Deuteronomy 8:14; Deuteronomy 17:20; Ezekiel 31:10, &c. _and his_ SPIRIT WAS HARDENED THAT HE DEALT PROUDLY (R.V.)] -was hardened" is literally _was strong_(i.e. stiff, u
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...
c. TRANSGRESSION TEXT: Daniel 5:17-23 17 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...
_BUT WHEN HIS HEART WAS LIFTED UP, AND HIS MIND HARDENED IN PRIDE, HE WAS DEPOSED FROM HIS KINGLY THRONE, AND THEY TOOK HIS GLORY FROM HIM:_ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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,...
וּ כְ דִי֙ רִ֣ם לִבְבֵ֔הּ וְ רוּחֵ֖הּ
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...
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...
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...
BUT WHEN HIS HEART WAS LIFTED UP, AND HIS MIND HARDENED IT PRIDE,.... When his heart was elated with his successes and victories, with the enlargement of his dominions, and with his grandeur and glory...
But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: Ver. 20. _But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind har...
_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...
But, that is, in spite of this unexampled position of power, WHEN HIS HEART WAS LIFTED UP AND HIS MIND HARDENED IN PRIDE, so that he thought he could deal proudly, with an utter disregard of the will...
THE INTERPRETATION AND THE FULFILMENT...
IN PRIDE: Or, to deal proudly DEPOSED: Cald. made to come down...
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...
Which was explained before: all this Daniel minds him of to rub up his memory, that he might have the fuller blow in the application, DANIEL 5:22, for the aggravation of his crime....
Daniel 5:20 heart H3825 up H7313 (H8752) spirit H7308 hardened H8631 (H8748) pride H2103 (H8682) deposed...
“But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him, and he was driven from the sons of men...
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 5:13 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...
1 Samuel 6:6; 2 Chronicles 36:13; 2 Kings 17:14; Daniel 4:30; D