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Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
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The Failure of Human Wisdom
Commentators explain that Belshazzar's terror was amplified by the failure of his wise men. His hope in human wisdom was crushed, leaving him with only the mysterious, divine message. This highlights how fear intensifies when worldly solutions prove useless against a problem sent from God.
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Daniel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled – He did not doubt that this was a divine intimation of some fearful event, and yet he wa…
19th Century
Anglican
The terror of Belshazzar and his lords is caused by the impression that the inability of the wise men to read the inscription is the portent of som…
16th Century
Protestant
Here Daniel relates how deceived the king was in his opinion, hoping for any interpretation of the writing from the magi, the astrologers, the Chal…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then was King Belshazzar greatly troubled A second time, and perhaps more than before; since he had conceived some hope t…
Belshazzar defied the judgments of God. Most historians consider that Cyrus was then besieging Babylon. Complacency and sensuality are sad signs of…
