5:18-21
Daniel is very direct in what he says to the king. In the previous examples, especially the one in chapter 4, Daniel had been equally direct. Daniel begins by reminding Belshazzar of his father. Nebuchadnezzar had had great power, but he became proud and arrogant, and so he lost his throne. He was driven away to live like a wild animal. This continued until the king came to his senses and acknowledged God.
5:22-24
Belshazzar, however, was not like his father. He had not humbled himself “although you knew all this”. The things that Daniel had outlined in 5:18-21 were well known to Belshazzar, but he learnt nothing from them. Instead he had profaned the name of the Lord, the same Lord that his father had honoured. Daniel reminds him that God holds “in his hand his life and all his ways”. This is why the writing on the wall appeared.
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