Daniel 5:3
The servants brought the gold containers that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God, in Jerusalem. The king, his noblemen, and his wives and concubines drank from them.
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4They drank the wine and praised their idols made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:18All the furnishings of the house of God, great and small, the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king and his officials—all these he took to Babylon.
Jeremiah 50:28There is the sound of those fleeing, of those who are survivors, from the land of Babylon. 1 These will report the vengeance of Yahweh our God for Zion, and vengeance for his temple.” 1
Habakkuk 1:11Then the wind will rush on; it will move past—guilty men, those whose might is their god.” Habakkuk asks Yahweh another question 1
1 Thessalonians 5:3When they say, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them. It will be like birth pains in a pregnant woman. They will in no way escape.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 5:2-10
Belshazzar's Feast; The Hand-writing on the Wall. ( b. c. 538.) 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God… Read the whole commentary →