John Gill Commentary Daniel 5:26

"This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end;" — Daniel 5:26 (ASV)

This is the interpretation of the thing
Or, "word" ^F26 ; for they might all seem as one word; or this is the sense of the whole: MENE ;
as for this word, it signifies, God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it ;

God had fixed the number of years, how long that monarchy should last, which he was now at the head of, and which was foretold, (Jeremiah 25:1Jeremiah 25:11Jeremiah 25:12) (27:7) , and also the number of years that he should reign over it; and both these numbers were now completed; for that very night Belshazzar was slain, and the kingdom translated to another people.

And a dreadful thing it is to be numbered to the sword, famine, and pestilence, or any sore judgment of God for sin, as sometimes men are; so more especially to be appointed to everlasting wrath, and to be numbered among transgressors, among the devils and damned in hell.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F26: (atlm) "sermonis", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "verborum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Broughtonus; "verbi", Cocceius; "illius verbi", Michaelis.