Bible Verses

TEKEL, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;

MENE, God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end;

which read MENE, TEKEL, PERES. These words mean:

So he sent the hand that wrote the inscription,

You have defied the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels from his temple brought to you, and, along with your nobles, your wives, and your concubines, you drank wine from them. You praised the idols made of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor understand; but you

But you, his son, Belshazzar, although you knew all this, have not humbled yourself.

He became an outcast and as senseless as a beast. He lived with wild donkeys, ate grass like cattle, and his body was soaked with the dew of heaven until he recognized that God the Most High rules over human kingdoms and appoints whom He pleases to govern them.

But when he became arrogant and insolent, he was deposed and stripped of his glory.

Because of the greatness give-n him by God, he was feared by nations and peoples of every language. He had the power of life and death over everyone. He exalted or humbled whomever he wished.

God the Most High gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and a great kingdom.