Daniel 5:4-9

4While they drank the wine, they praised their gods. Their gods were idols that were made from gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.

5While they were doing that, the fingers of a human hand appeared. They wrote on the wall of the king's palace, near the light that stood in the room. The king watched the hand while it wrote.

6When he saw it, his face became white. He was very afraid. His knees shook and his legs became weak.

7The king called for his enchanters, his wise men and his diviners to come. When they arrived, the king said to them, ‘Who can read these words? Who can tell me what they mean? Whoever can do that, I will make him great. I will put valuable purple clothes on him and he will have a gold chain around his neck. I will make him the third ruler in the kingdom.’

8Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the words. They could not tell the king what the words meant.

9So King Belshazzar became even more afraid. His face became even whiter. His officers did not know what to do.