Daniel 5:23-25

Good News Translation

²³ You acted against the Lord of heaven and brought in the cups and bowls taken from his Temple. You, your noblemen, your wives, and your concubines drank wine out of them and praised gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—gods that cannot see or hear and that do not know anything. But you did not honor the God who determines whether you live or die and who controls everything you do. ²⁴ That is why God has sent the hand to write these words.

²⁵ “This is what was written: ‘Number, number, weight, divisions.’