24 Then was the part of the hand sent from the presence of [the Most High God], and this writing was inscribed.
25 And this is the inscription that was written, mene, mene, tekel, upharsin–numbered, numbered, weighed, divisions.
26 This is the interpretation of the matter: mene, God has numbered the days of your kingship and brought them to an end;
27 tekel, You are weighed in the balances and are found wanting;
28 peres, Your kingdom and your kingship are divided and given to the Medes and Persians. [Foretold in Isa. 21:2, 5, 9.]
29 Then Belshazzar commanded, and Daniel was clothed with purple and a chain of gold put about his neck, and a proclamation was made concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 During that night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was slain,