“Belshazzar’s Feast – The Writing on the Wall”
A depiction of the fateful night in Babylon, where King Belshazzar, drunk with pride, defiles the sacred vessels of the Temple of Jerusalem. Amid golden lamps, jewels, music, and rivers of wine, men and women raise holy goblets in blasphemous praise to idols of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. The air is thick with arrogance, yet unseen, heaven prepares judgment—the hand of God is about to write on the wall
Belshazzar's feast, or the story of the writing on the wall, chapter 5 in the Book of Daniel, tells how Neo-Babylonian royal but corrupt Belshazzar holds a great feast and drinks from the vessels that had been looted in the destruction of the First Temple. A hand appears and writes on the wall. The terrified Belshazzar calls for his wise men, but they cannot read the writing. The queen advises him to send for Daniel, renowned for his wisdom. Daniel reminds Belshazzar that his father, Nebuchadnezzar, when he became arrogant, was thrown down until he learned that God has sovereignty over the kingdom of men (see Daniel 4). Belshazzar had likewise blasphemed God, and so God sent this hand. Daniel then reads the message and interprets it: God has numbered Belshazzar's days, he has been weighed and found wanting, and his kingdom will be given to the Medes and the Persians.
That very night Belshazzar, the Chaldean [Babylonian] king, was killed. And Darius the Mede received the kingdom […]
— Daniel 5:30–31[1]Bible Insights Daily
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