Judg 18:7, 27, Isa 21:4-5, 22:12-13, 32:9, Jer 50:11, Dan 5:1-4, 30 | ESV | STEP | Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there , how they lived in security , after the manner of the Sidonians , quiet and unsuspecting , lacking nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth , and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone .

u[See ver. 1 above]

v ver. 23; See ch. 1:2

x[See ver. 2 above]

y ver. 23; [Judg. 16:24]

z ver. 23; [Rev. 9:20]; See Ps. 115:4-7

aa Jer. 50:24; 51:31, 39, 57

ab[See ver. 22 above]

ac ch. 9:1

Judges 18:7

7 Then the five men departed and came to ^aLaish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, ^bquiet and unsuspecting, lacking ^{▼▼Compare 18:10; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how ^dthey were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

Judges 18:27

27 But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people ^equiet and unsuspecting, and ^fstruck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.

Isaiah 21:4-5

4 My heart staggers; horror has appalled me;
^gthe twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.
5 ^hThey prepare the table,
they spread the rugs, ^{▼▼Or they set the watchman}
they eat, they drink.
Arise, O princes;
^joil the shield!

Isaiah 22:12-13

12 In that day ^kthe Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for ^lbaldness and ^mwearing sackcloth;
13 and behold, joy and gladness,
killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
eating flesh and drinking wine.
ⁿ“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”

Isaiah 32:9

Complacent Women Warned of Disaster

9 ^oRise up, you women ^pwho are at ease, hear my voice;
you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.

Jeremiah 50:11

11 ^q“Though you rejoice, though you exult,
O plunderers of my heritage,
though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture,
and neigh like stallions,

Daniel 5:1-4

The Handwriting on the Wall

1 ^rKing Belshazzar ^smade a great feast for a thousand of his ^tlords and drank wine in front of the thousand.

2 ^uBelshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that ^vthe vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father ^{▼▼Or predecessor; also verses 11, 13, 18} had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 3 Then they brought in ^xthe golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank wine and ^ypraised the ^zgods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Daniel 5:30

30 ^aaThat very night ^abBelshazzar the ^acChaldean king was killed.