Anybody remember the Bible story about Belshazzar's feast?

[Ocelot II]

Corrupt ruler Belshazzar holds a great feast and drinks from vessels that had been looted in the destruction of the First Temple. Suddenly handwriting appears on the wall: "You are weighed in the balance and found wanting." I hope some infiltrator with a projector can come up with something like that at Trump's first big party in the Epstein Ballroom (if he lives that long).

[John1956PA]

1. I recall that scene from a movie about Daniel.

I was about nine years old, and it startled me.

[John1956PA]

3. "Slaves of Babylon" (1953)

[Coventina]

2. Johnny Cash is here to bring you to church!

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[RockCreek]

4. The next Predator Patio event wouldn't be too soon for this!

[calimary]

9. "Predator Patio"!!!

Outstanding!!!

[RockCreek]

10. Not mine. I think I first saw it on DU though...

[Haggard Celine]

5. I'd be fine if Trump met the fate of Belshazzar's father, Nebuchadnezzar.

He was turned into a beast and he rooted around and ate grass with the animals. Trump is already half hog, so it wouldn't take much work to turn him into Nebuchadnezzar.

[ananda]

6. What's the other half? Great black shark?

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[Haggard Celine]

7. Hyena

[TygrBright]

8. "MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN!" Oh, yes...

"Numbered, numbered, weighed and divided."

In more detail, as Biblical scholars would have it - "Your days have been counted, the days of your Kingdom are numbered, you have been weighed and found wanting, your Kingdom will be divided." With a strong implication that the first "MENE" (Your days have been counted) is to be interpreted as "Your days are at an end" i.e. - you're about to die, you'll go to hell (found wanting) and your kingdom will fall apart.

"Mene, mene, tekel upharsin" has been on my mind a lot lately.

prognosticatorially,
Bright

[Hekate]

12. Yes, yes, yes...

[lastlib]

14. I hope you're prophetic!

I would WISH for the days to be few!

[Hekate]

11. Excellent!

[Dem4life1970]

13. Yes, I know that story and Belshazzar (or Nebuchadnezzar) fits the Orange Messiah...

....like a glove. The Lincoln Project can help out here as well:

[lastlib]

15. That is hilarious!!

I would hate for that to go viral, and wind up in The Felon's feed! It would be DEVASTATING to a big load of ketchup!