They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
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Gill's Exposition
They drunk wine,.... That is, out of the vessels of the temple at Jerusalem, and perhaps till they were drunk:
and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone;…
Barnes' Notes
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, ... - Compare the note at Dan 5:1. Idols were made among the pagan of all the materials here mentioned. The word praised here means that…
Adam Clarke
And praised the gods of gold - They had gods of all sorts, and of all metals; with wooden gods, and stone gods, beside!
We have here Belshazzar the king very gay, but all of a sudden very gloomy, and in straits in the fulness of his sufficiency. See how he affronts God, and God affrights him; and wait what will be the…
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