Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine – This describes the effect of tasting the wine, stating a fact illustrated in every age and land: that…

While he tasted—i.e., while he was enjoying the wine. The sacred vessels were brought out of the temple of Merodach and p…

Here King Belshazzar courts his own punishment, because he furiously stirred up God’s wrath against himself, as if he was dissatisfied with its del…

Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine
As he was drinking his cups, and delighted with the taste of the wine, and got …

Belshazzar defied the judgments of God. Most historians consider that Cyrus was then besieging Babylon. Complacency and sensuality are sad signs of…