Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 5:5

5 ¶ In the same hour came forth fingers of a mans hand , and wrote over against the candlestick, upon the plaister of the wall of the kings palace; and the king saw the part of the [illegible: 1 letter]and that wrote .

By this it did appear what was the cause of the Kings punishment and ruine, namely his reproaching of God and profaning the holy Vessels.

The likeness of a mans hand, which Rab▪ Solomon saith was managed by the Angel Gabriel, it is clear [illegible: 1 letter]t was immediately from God: This was a plainer testimony then that of his fathers dream, for hereof were above a thousand witnesses besides his Conscience that shook him, a thousand more.

By this it appears how the Feast continued far in the [illegible: 1 letter]ight in which night Babylon was taken and Belshazzar slain, verse 30.

God intended it for him, and that he should see it with his own Eyes, and it should not be brought him by report which affords ground of doubting, but here was undeniable proof, and conviction, the visible hand of God was here, and it was also for terror to him, and spoiled his draughts of Wine and was a cooler to their jollities.