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,