26. “This is the interpretation of the thing:MENE: God has counted your kingdom, and brought it to an end.
27. TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
28. PERES: your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”
29. Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.