Daniel 5:24

24 Idcirco ab eo missus est articulus manus, quae scripsit hoc, quod exaratum est.

Daniel 5:24 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:24

Then was the part of the hand sent from him
That is, from God: being thus reproached and blasphemed, at that very instant, and for that reason, because the vessels of his sanctuary were profaned, and idol gods were praised, and he despised; he caused part of a hand, the writing fingers of it, to appear on the wall of the king's palace: and this writing was written;
which was then upon the wall, and he points to it.

Daniel 5:24 In-Context

22 Tu quoque filius eius Baltassar, non humiliasti cor tuum, cum scires haec omnia:
23 sed adversum Dominatorem caeli elevatus es: et vasa domus eius allata sunt coram te: et tu, et optimates tui, et uxores tuae, et concubinae tuae vinum bibistis in eis: deos quoque argenteos, et aureos, et aereos, ferreos, ligneosque et lapideos, qui non vident, neque audiunt, neque sentiunt, laudasti: porro Deum, qui habet flatum tuum in manu sua, et omnes vias tuas, non glorificasti.
24 Idcirco ab eo missus est articulus manus, quae scripsit hoc, quod exaratum est.
25 Haec est autem scriptura, quae digesta est: MANE, THECEL, PHARES.
26 Et haec est interpretatio sermonis. MANE: numeravit Deus regnum tuum, et complevit illud.
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