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But because his heart grew swollen with pride, and his spirit stiff with arrogance, he was deposed from his sovereign throne and stripped of his glory. (Daniel 5, 20)
He was driven from human society, his heart was more like an animal's than a man's; he lived with the wild donkeys; he fed on grass like oxen; his body was drenched by the dew of heaven, until he had learnt that the Most High rules over human sovereignty and appoints whom he pleases to rule it. (Daniel 5, 21)
You have defied the Lord of heaven, you have had the vessels from his Temple brought to you, and you, your noblemen, your wives and the women singing for you have drunk your wine out of them. You have praised gods of gold and silver, of bronze and iron, of wood and stone, which can neither see, hear nor understand; but you have given no glory to the God in whose hands are your breath itself and all your fortunes. (Daniel 5, 23)
That is why he has sent the hand which has written these words. (Daniel 5, 24)
The meaning of the words is this: mene: God has measured your sovereignty and put an end to it; (Daniel 5, 26)
At Belshazzar's order Daniel was dressed in purple, a chain of gold was put round his neck and he was proclaimed as one of the three men who governed the kingdom. (Daniel 5, 29)
It pleased Darius to appoint a hundred and twenty satraps over his kingdom for the various parts, (Daniel 6, 2)
This Daniel, by virtue of the marvellous spirit residing in him, was so evidently superior to the other presidents and satraps that the king considered appointing him to rule the whole kingdom. (Daniel 6, 4)
The presidents and satraps, in consequence, started hunting for some affair of state by which they could discredit Daniel; but they could find nothing to his discredit, and no case of negligence; he was so punctilious that they could not find a single instance of maladministration or neglect. (Daniel 6, 5)
The presidents and satraps then went in a body to the king. 'King Darius,' they said, 'live for ever! (Daniel 6, 7)
We are all agreed, presidents of the realm, magistrates, satraps, councillors and governors, that the king should issue an edict enforcing the following regulation: Whoever within the next thirty days prays to anyone, divine or human, other than to yourself, Your Majesty, is to be thrown into the lions' den. (Daniel 6, 8)
King Darius accordingly signed the document embodying the edict. (Daniel 6, 10)
