Question: Who wrote on the wall for King Belshazzar?
Answer: God. (Daniel 5:24)
Comments: At a great feast funded by King Belshazzar, a disembodied hand emerged and began writing on the palace wall: מנא ,מנא, תקל, ופרסין (Mene, Mene, Tekel u-Pharsin). After his wise men failed to interpret the message, Daniel was summoned and he informed the king that the hand was from God and that the king's death was imminent.
"Then the hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out." (Daniel 5:24, NASB)
It is from this story that the idiom "handwriting on the wall" as an expression suggesting impending doom developed.
Note: This painting is "Belshazzar's Feast" by Rembrandt (1606-1669).
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