Daniel 5:26

26 "And here is what those words mean. Mene" means that God has limited the time of your rule. He has brought it to an end.

Daniel 5:26 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:26

This is the interpretation of the thing
Or, "word" ^F26; for they might all seem as one word; or this is the sense of the whole: MENE;
as for this word, it signifies, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it;
God had fixed the number of years, how long that monarchy should last, which he was now at the head of, and which was foretold, ( Jeremiah 25:1 Jeremiah 25:11 Jeremiah 25:12 ) ( 27:7 ) , and also the number of years that he should reign over it; and both these numbers were now completed; for that very night Belshazzar was slain, and the kingdom translated to another people: and a dreadful thing it is to be numbered to the sword, famine, and pestilence, or any sore judgment of God for sin, as sometimes men are; so more especially to be appointed to everlasting wrath, and to be numbered among transgressors, among the devils and damned in hell.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (atlm) "sermonis", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "verborum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Broughtonus; "verbi", Cocceius; "illius verbi", Michaelis.

Daniel 5:26 In-Context

24 So he sent the hand that wrote on the wall.

25 "Here is what was written. MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN

26 "And here is what those words mean. Mene" means that God has limited the time of your rule. He has brought it to an end.

27 Tekel" means that you have been weighed on scales. And you haven't measured up to God's standard.

28 Peres" means that your authority over your kingdom will be taken away from you. It will be given to the Medes and Persians."