Daniel 5:15
And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
Cross-reference
In Daniel 5:7, the king summons the wise men with a reward — now in 5:15 he reports they were brought but failed, referencing that earlier event.
In Daniel 5:8, the wise men come in but cannot read the writing — exactly the failure the king states here.
Daniel 5:5 records the writing on the wall itself—the very thing the wise men are now unable to read or interpret.
In Daniel 2:3-11, Nebuchadnezzar's wise men also fail to interpret a divine revelation, mirroring the exact failure here.
In Daniel 4:18, the same pattern occurs: Babylonian wise men cannot interpret, and Daniel is called because the spirit of God is in him.
Isaiah 47:13 mocks Babylon's astrologers and stargazers—exactly the kind of wise men who fail to interpret the writing here.
Isaiah 29:10-12 describes a sealed book that no one can read, symbolizing spiritual blindness—paralleling the wise men's inability to read the writing.