Origin of Phrases - H
Handwriting On The Wall
One night, Babylonian King Belshazzar, drank heavily from holy vessels seized from the Temple in Jerusalum. A mysterious hand appeared after this act of sacrilege and to the astonishment of the king wrote four strange words on the wall of the banquest room. Only the Hebrew prophet, Daniel, could interpret the mysterious message. He boldly told the ruler that they spelled disaster for him and his nation. Soon afterward Belshazzar was defeated and slain, just as Daniel had warned. Religious dramas of the Middle Ages retold the story, and the saying went on the become a warning of impending doom.