23. but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.
24. Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
25. This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has counted your kingdom, and brought it to an end;
27. TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
28. PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29. Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30. In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.