23. No, you did not become humble. Instead, you have turned against the Lord of heaven. You ordered the drinking cups from his Temple to be brought to you. Then you and your royal officials, your wives, and your slave women drank wine from those cups. You gave praise to the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone. They are not really gods; they cannot see or hear or understand anything. But you did not give honor to the God who has the power over your life and everything you do.
24. So because of that, God sent the hand that wrote on the wall.
25. These are the words that were written on the wall: mene, mene, tekel, uparsin.
26. “This is what these words mean: Mene : God has counted the days until your kingdom will end.
27. Tekel : You have been weighed on the scales and found not good enough.
28. Uparsin : Your kingdom is being taken from you. It will be divided among the Medes and Persians.”
29. Then Belshazzar gave an order for Daniel to be dressed in purple clothes. A gold chain was put around his neck, and he was appointed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.