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Daniel 5:1-31
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Matthew Henry on Daniel 5:1-9Daniel 5:1-9 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryBelshazzar 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 indeed, which profanes sacred…Belshazzar's Feast; The Hand-writing on the Wall. (b. c. 538.)Daniel 5:1-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleBELSHAZZAR'S FEAST; THE HAND-WRITING ON THE WALL. (B. C. 538.) We have here Belshazzar the king very gay, but all of a sudden very gloomy, and in straits in the fulness of his sufficiency. See how he affronts God, and G…The Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 5:1-31Daniel 5:1-31 · The Pulpit CommentaryBELSHAZZAR'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 either variant versions of the Septuagint…The Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 5:1Daniel 5:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryBelshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. As we have just indicated, there are two versions in the Septuagint of several verses in this chapter, and the verse…The Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 5:1-4Daniel 5:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe downward road. "Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand "(Daniel 5:1). The history of the fall of Babylon must form the background of any homiletical tre…The Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 5:1-9Daniel 5:1-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryBlasted merriment. All merriment is not forbidden. Banqueting is not in itself a sin. Jesus Christ himself honoured with his presence a marriage festival, and contributed, by miracle, the wine for the occasion. On the r…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Daniel 5:1-9Belshazzar 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 indeed, which profanes sacred…Matthew HenrycommentaryBelshazzar's Feast; The Hand-writing on the Wall. (b. c. 538.)BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST; THE HAND-WRITING ON THE WALL. (B. C. 538.) We have here Belshazzar the king very gay, but all of a sudden very gloomy, and in straits in the fulness of his sufficiency. See how he affronts God, and G…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 5:1-31BELSHAZZAR'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 either variant versions of the Septuagint…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 5:1Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. As we have just indicated, there are two versions in the Septuagint of several verses in this chapter, and the verse…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 5:1-4The downward road. "Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand "(Daniel 5:1). The history of the fall of Babylon must form the background of any homiletical tre…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 5:1-9Blasted merriment. All merriment is not forbidden. Banqueting is not in itself a sin. Jesus Christ himself honoured with his presence a marriage festival, and contributed, by miracle, the wine for the occasion. On the r…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 5:2Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Daniel 5:5The writing on the wall. We have here a declaration of judgment, the circumstances, form, and effects of which are full of significance. I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DECLARATION OF JUDGMENT. 1. It was in the king's palac…Joseph S. Exell and contributors