Daniel 5:5-9

5Suddenly, the fingers of a person’s hand appeared and wrote on the plaster wall opposite the lamp stand of the royal palace. The king watched as the hand wrote.

6Then the king turned pale, and his thoughts frightened him. His hip joints became loose, and his knees knocked against each other.

7The king screamed for the psychics, astrologers, and fortunetellers to be brought to him. He told these wise advisers of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and tells me its meaning will be dressed in purple, wear a gold chain on his neck, and become the third-highest ruler in the kingdom.”

8All the king’s wise advisers came, but they couldn’t read the writing or tell the king its meaning.

9King Belshazzar was terrified, and his face turned pale. His nobles didn’t know what to do.