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They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
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A Deliberate Act of Blasphemy
Commentators stress this was not merely a drunken feast. By using sacred vessels from God's temple to praise their man-made idols, Belshazzar and his court were deliberately insulting and defying the God of Israel. Scholars explain this as a celebration of their gods' supposed victory over Yahweh, an act of supreme arrogance that directly provoked divine judgment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, ... - Compare the note at Daniel 5:1. Idols were made among the pagan…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet shows more distinctly and clearly how the king insulted the true and only God by ordering his vessels to be brought to him. For wh…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They drunk wine That is, out of the vessels of the temple at Jerusalem, and perhaps till they were drunk: and…
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Belshazzar defied the judgments of God. Most historians consider that Cyrus was then besieging Babylon. Complacency and sensuality are sad signs of…
