Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. One doesn't have to be a Biblical scholar to know the idiom, “the handwriting on the wall ...

The handwriting on the wall was there long before it happened. The U.S. government experienced a shutdown last weekend — the 18th time in modern history.

Recent events have led to a number of resignations from the current administration. When reading of the large group the CEO and I agreed that they must have seen “the handwriting on the wall.” ...

Nearly everyone in the Western world has heard the phrase “the writing on the wall,” whether or not they have ever read Daniel 5. Many people use the phrase in ordinary speech.

Unfortunately for King Belshazzar, son of King Nebuchadnezzar, the mysterious handwriting on the wall of the palace dining hall, where he and his court are drinking wine from the sacred vessels ...

Belshazzar died that night, and Babylonia was swallowed up by the Persian Empire. From this we get the phrase "Seeing the handwriting on the wall," referring to previous hints of bad news that ...

It’s the timeless story of the writing on the wall. When we use it in everyday speech, we might say, “You need to read the writing on the wall,” or “I can read the writing on the wall.” ...

He then informs Belshazzar, a known blasphemer, that the writing on the wall warns the prince that his life will soon be coming to an end and that his kingdom will be delivered to the Medes and ...

The Handwriting on the Wall: ... Email. Rembrandt's "Belshazzar's Feast," circa 1635-1638, National Gallery in London, Room 24, based on the Biblical story in the Book of Daniel.

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