Daniel 5:6

"In the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand came out and wrote near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king saw the part of the hand that wrote."

Key Reflection

This scene symbolizes divine judgment and warns Belshazzar of his impending downfall. The mysterious writing on the wall foreshadows the Babylonian kingdom's end, highlighting God’s sovereignty over human empires.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Then the king’s countenance was changed -The word rendered “countenance” is, in the margin, as inDaniel 5:9, “brightnesses.” The Chaldee word means “brightness, splendor” (זיוzı̂yv), and the meaning here is bright looks, cheerfulness, hilarity. The word rendered was changed, is in the margin changed it; and the meaning is, that it changed itself: probably from a jocund, cheerful, and happy expression, it assumed suddenly a deadly paleness. And his thoughts troubled him -Whether from the recollection of guilt, or the dread of wrath, is not said. He would, doubtless, regard this as some supernatural intimation, and his soul would be troubled.

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