Daniel 5:2Hebrew Names version (HNV)Belshatzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nevukhadnetzar 1 his father had taken out of the temple which was in Yerushalayim; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them. See the chapter |
The gold and silver vessels also of the house of God, which Nevukhadnetzar 1 took out of the temple that was in Yerushalayim, and brought into the temple of Bavel, those did Koresh the king take out of the temple of Bavel, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbatzer, whom he had made governor;
There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nevukhadnetzar 1 your father, the king, [I say], your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Kasdim, and soothsayers;
but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.