“Belshazzar’s grave is made,
His kingdom pass’d away,
He, in the balance weigh’d,
Is light and worthless clay;
The shroud, his robe of state;
His canopy, the stone:
The Mede is at his gate!
The Persian on his throne!”
[153-1] The satraps were the governors of the provinces, who ruled under the king and were accountable to him.
[154-2] These were the sacred “vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem.”
[154-3] The terms Chaldea and Babylonia were used practically synonymously.
[154-4] Babel is a shortened form of Babylon.