² When he tasted the wine,^[a] Belshazzar commanded that they bring the vessels of gold and silver that Nebuchadnezzar his predecessor^[b] had taken from the temple that was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his lords,^[c] his wives and his concubines may drink from them. ³ Then they brought in the vessels of gold that they took from the temple, the house of God that was in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords,^[d] his wives and his concubines drank from them. ⁴ They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.^[e]