Daniel 5:28 Meaning and Explanation
“PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”
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What Does Daniel 5:28 Mean?
Daniel reads the final word: PERES, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians. A play on words links the term both to dividing and to Persia, naming the very powers about to take Babylon. The sentence pronounced is precise and already underway.
God not only ends kingdoms but appoints who shall rise in their place. The transfer of power to the Medes and Persians shows the Lord directing the course of nations according to His purpose. Empires rise and fall under His hand, never by chance. For the faithful this is comfort: the same God who removes the proud is sovereignly guiding history, and not one event escapes the rule of the One who gives kingdoms to whom He will.
Daniel 5:28 in the Original Language
peres (פְּרֵס), 'divided' -- the singular of upharsin, sounding like the word for Persia, naming the kingdom's heirs.
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What does Daniel 5:28 mean?
PERES means the kingdom is divided and handed over to the Medes and Persians.