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|Daniel 5:21|
He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like cattle; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and sets over them anyone he wishes.
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|Daniel 5:22|
“But you his son, [Or descendant; or successor] O Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this.
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|Daniel 5:23|
Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honour the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.
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|Daniel 5:24|
Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
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|Daniel 5:25|
“This is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN [Aramaic UPARSIN (that is, AND PARSIN)]
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|Daniel 5:26|
“This is what these words mean: Mene: [Mene can mean numbered or mina (a unit of money).] God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
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|Daniel 5:27|
Tekel: [Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.] You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
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|Daniel 5:28|
Peres: [Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.] Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
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|Daniel 5:29|
Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
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|Daniel 5:30|
That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, [Or Chaldeans] was slain,
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Sugerencias
Haga clic para leer 2 Samuel 11-12