“And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;”
Yet you, Belshazzar, though you knew all this, did not humble your heart, but lifted yourself up against the Lord of Heaven—charging Belshazzar with willful rejection of the lesson available from his predecessor's example, making his rebellion conscious and inexcusable. The phrase 'though you knew' emphasizes that ignorance cannot excuse his rebellion. His lifting up against the Lord of Heaven represents active defiance rather than passive forgetfulness.
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