4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-9)We have here Belshazzar the king very gay, but all of a sudden very gloomy, and in straits in the fulness of his sufficiency. See how he affronts God, and God affrights him; and wait what will be the issue of this contest; and whether he that hardened his heart against God prospered. I. See how the king affronted God, and put contempt upon him. He made a great feast , or banquet of wine ; probably...
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