And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

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:

And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.