Daniel 5:23 meaning and explanation
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
Daniel 5:23, Berean Standard Bible
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Daniel, speaking before King Belshazzar in Babylon, names the heart of the king's offense. Belshazzar knew how God had humbled Nebuchadnezzar, yet he deliberately exalted himself against the Lord of heaven by turning the temple vessels into drinking cups for a pagan feast and praising idols of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood and stone.
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