Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 5:23

23 But hast lifted up thy self 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.

He instanceth in three or four things. 1. They have brought the Vessels of his house before thee to drink Wine in them, to profane them in your Idolatrous Feast, and ye have all polluted them with your filthy blasphemous mouths. Concu [illegible: 1 letter]ines and all. 2. Ye have praised the Idol gods of Mettal, Wood, and Stone, which cannot hear, nor see, nor know. 3. And hast not glorified the true God in whose hands thy breath is, and all thy wayes. Yea thou hast highly dishonoured, and affronted and reproached him.

Marginal references: Job 12.10.; Prov. 20.24.