John Gill's Exposition on Daniel 5:28

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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PERES, etc.] The singular of “Pharsin”, (<270525>Daniel 5:25). The sense of this word is, thy kingdom is divided: which, though it consisted of various provinces, united under Belshazzar, now should be broken and separated from him: and given to the Medes and Persians; to Darius the Mede, and to Cyrus the Persian, who was a partner for a while with his uncle Darius in the government of the empire: there is an elegant play on words in the words “Peres” and “Persians”; and a grievous thing it is to sinners, not only to have body and soul divided at death, but to be divided and separated from God to all eternity; and to hear that sentence, “depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels”.

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