Dan 5:22-23 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; 23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Belshazzar was giving praise and worship in all the wrong places. He and his fellow partiers were praising the god of silver, gold, wood, and stone (which by the way are no gods at all); while drinking from vessels that belonged to the true God. They were not glorifying him, even though their very breath was in his hands.
The punishment: Belshazzar's life.
The result: The prophecy was carried out. Belshazzar was killed by the Persian army that very night after they breached the walls of Babylon.
A sobering story. What idols come between you and the true God?
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