Daniel Chapter 5 Vs. 3

The Handwriting on the Wall

Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. Dan. 5:3

Then they brought... It was sinful enough for such drinking to be going on, but to use the sanctified vessels from the house of God in Jerusalem in such a drunken brawl was going too far (Dan. 5:23). God remembered the times when they were used only for His service. He had been waiting for time to bring about the fulfillment of His word before taking vengeance for such desecration of holy things. The time had now come so He began writing on the wall (Dan. 5:5).