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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:21

Dan 5:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling [was] with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and [that] he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. Ver. 21. And he was driven. ] See on Daniel 4:22 . Lege historiam, ne fias historia. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:22

Dan 5:22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; Ver. 22. And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart. ] It was no small aggravation of his sins not to be warned, and now he shall hear of it on both ears. The putting out of the French king’s eyes, which promised before with his eyes to see one of God’s true servants burned, who seeth not to be the stroke of God’s hand? Then his son Francis, not regarding his father’s stripe,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:23

Dan 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath [is], and whose [are] all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: Ver. 23. But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven. ] As did... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:24

Dan 5:24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. Ver. 24. Then was the part of the hand. ] Completa peccati mensura, non differtur poena, when sin is once ripe, punishment is ready. The bottle of wickedness, when once full with those bitter waters, will soon sink to the bottom. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:25

Dan 5:25 And this [is] the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. Ver. 25. MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. ] These words signify, He hath perfectly numbered, he hath weighed, and it falleth in pieces. They were the Samaritan characters, saith one, a therefore the Babylonians could not read them, nor could the Jews understand them, though they knew the characters, because they understood not the Chaldee tongue as Daniel did. See on Daniel 5:8 . a Weemse. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:26

Dan 5:26 This [is] the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. Ver. 26. MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom. ] He hath cast up thy reckonings, taken account of thy maladministration, and calleth for satisfaction. So he dealt with Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Cum duplicarentur lateres, venit Moses, when the tale of bricks was doubled, then came Moses; and when the four hundred, or the four hundred and thirty, years of their captivity in Egypt were exactly... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:27

Dan 5:27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. Ver. 27. TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, a and art found wanting.] As the former was a term taken from creditors, so this from light coin; deprehensus es minus habere, thou art not current. Others may think thee weighty enough and worthy, but God pondereth the hearts, Pro 22:2 and thinketh thee fit to be refused, ut nummus reprobus so money rejected. a Iupiter ipse duas aequato examine lances Sustinet. - ... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:28

Dan 5:28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. Ver. 28. PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes. ] This had been long before prophesied, Isaiah 13:17 ; yea, Genesis 9:25 ; and now Ham’s posterity felt his father’s curse. Nimrod, the founder of Babylon, came of Ham, Madai or the Medes were of Japhet, and Elam or the Persians of Shem. God’s forbearances are no acquittances. Let all wicked ones look to it. What is Mene but death? Tekel but judgment?... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:29

Dan 5:29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and [put] a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. Ver. 29. Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel. ] No nay, but they would do it; and he at length admitted it, partly that he might not seem to slight the king’s courtesy and to be disaffected, and partly that thereby he might be the better known to the Persians for the comfort... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:30

Dan 5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. Ver. 30. In that night was Belshazzar … slain.] By Gaddatha and Gobrya, two of Cyrus’s commanders, who had been wronged by Belshazzar (as Xenophon a also testifieth), and now took revenge on him, after that they had betrayed the city, and brought in Cyrus’s army. So fell that famous Babylon: fuit Ilium et inyen, gloria Teucrorum. a Xenoph. Cyrop., lib. vii. read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:21

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:22

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:23

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:24

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:25

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:26

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:27

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:28

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:29

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:30

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