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Daniel 5:18-28

18O thoukingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430,theMostעִלָּאָ֔הi.la.ya'H5943HighH5943GodH426gaveNebuchadnezzarלִנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּ֥רlin.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020thyfatherאֲבֽוּךְ׃'a.VukhH2thekingdomמַלְכוּתָ֤אmal.khu.Ta'H4437,andgreatnessוּרְבוּתָא֙u.re.vu.Ta'H7238,andglory,andmajestyוְהַדְרָ֔הve.had.Rah'H1923;

19andforthegreatnessרְבוּתָא֙re.vu.Ta'H7238thathegavehim,allpeoplesH5972,nationsאֻמַיָּא֙'u.mai.Ya'H524,andlanguages,trembledandfearedוְדָחֲלִ֖יןve.da.cha.LinH1763beforehim:whomhewouldheslew,andwhomhewouldhekeptalive;andwhomhewouldheexalted,andwhomhewouldhehumbled.

20Butwhenhisheartלִבְבֵ֔הּli.VehH3825wasliftedH7313up,andhisspiritוְרוּחֵ֖הּve.ru.ChehH7308hardened unto presumption,hewasdeposedfromthethroneכָּרְסֵ֣אka.re.Se'H3764ofhiskingdomמַלְכוּתֵ֔הּmal.khu.TehH4437,andtheytookhisgloryfromhim;

21andhewasdrivenfromthesonsofmenH606,andhisheartוְלִבְבֵ֣הּ׀ve.li.VehH3825wasmadeH3046likethebeastsH2423,andhisdwellingמְדוֹרֵ֔הּme.do.RehH4070waswiththewildasses;theyfedhimwithgrasslikeoxen,andhisbodyגִּשְׁמֵ֣הּgish.MehH1655wasbathedwiththedewוּמִטַּ֥לu.mi.TalH2920ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֖אshe.mai.Ya'H8065; tillheknewH3046thattheMostעִלָּאָה֙i.la.ya'H5943HighH5943GodH426rulethoverthekingdomבְּמַלְכ֣וּתbe.mal.KhutH4437ofmenH606,andthatheappointethoveritwhomsoeverhewill.

22Andthou,Belshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֔רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113,hissonבְּרֵהּ֙be.RehH1247, hastnothumbledthyheartלִבְבָ֑ךְli.VakhH3825,althoughthou knewestallthis;

23buthastliftedH7313upthyselfagainsttheLordמָרֵֽא־ma.re'-H4756oftheheavensשְׁמַיָּ֣א׀she.mai.Ya'H8065;andtheyhavebroughtH858thevesselsוּלְמָֽאנַיָּ֨אu.le.ma.nai.Ya'H3984ofhishouseבַיְתֵ֜הּvay.TehH1005beforethee,andthouandthynobles, thywivesandthyconcubines, have drunkwineH2562inthem;andthou hastpraisedthegodsוְלֵֽאלָהֵ֣יve.le.la.HeiH426ofsilverH3702andgoldH1722,ofbrass,ironH6523,wood,andstoneH69,whichseeחָזַ֧יִןcha.Za.yinH2370not,norhearשָׁמְעִ֛יןsha.me.'InH8086,norknowיָדְעִ֖יןya.de.'InH3046;andtheGodוְלֵֽאלָהָ֞אve.le.la.Ha'H426inwhosehandבִּידֵ֛הּbi.DehH3028thy breathis,andwhoseareallthywaysאֹרְחָתָ֥ךְ'o.re.cha.TakhH735, hast thounotglorified:

24thenבֵּאדַ֙יִן֙be.Da.yinH116frombeforehimwassentthepartofthehandיְדָ֑אye.Da'H3028,andthiswritinghath beenwritten.

25Andthisisthewritingthatiswritten:MENEמְנֵ֥אme.Ne'H4484,MENEמְנֵ֖אme.Ne'H4484, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

26Thisistheinterpretationפְּשַֽׁר־pe.shar-H6591ofthething:MENEמְנֵ֕אme.Ne'H4484,GodH426hathnumberedthykingdomמַלְכוּתָ֖ךְmal.khu.TakhH4437,andfinished it;

27TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances,andartfoundH7912wanting;

28PERES, Thykingdomמַלְכוּתָ֔ךְmal.khu.TakhH4437isdivided,andgiventotheMedesלְמָדַ֥יle.ma.DaiH4076andPersiansוּפָרָֽס׃u.fa.RasH6540.

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