Verse 27

Tekel means that you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah.
  • Job 31:6 : 6 let God weigh me with honest scales, and He will know my integrity.
  • Jer 6:30 : 30 They are called rejected silver, for the LORD has rejected them.
  • Ezek 22:18-20 : 18 Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead inside a furnace—they are the dross of silver. 19 Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because all of you have become dross, I am going to gather you into Jerusalem. 20 Just as silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with fire, so I will gather you in my anger and wrath, and I will deposit you there and melt you.
  • Matt 22:11-12 : 11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless.
  • 1 Cor 3:13 : 13 each one’s work will become evident, for the Day will make it clear because it will be revealed by fire. The fire will test the quality of each one’s work.