Handwriting on the wall
Dear Editor,
The etymology of the expression “handwriting on the wall” is originally linked to the Old Testament biblical book of Daniel. During a feast held by Belshazzar, the designated king of the Babylonian Empire, a hand suddenly appeared and wrote on a wall in Aramaic words meaning numbered, weighed and divided.
Daniel, because of his prophetical gifts, was ...
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