Daniel 5:28
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Cross-reference
Daniel 5:31 records the immediate fulfillment: Belshazzar is killed and the kingdom transferred to Darius the Mede.
Daniel 8:3's vision of a two-horned ram symbolizes the Medo-Persian empire — the same division prophesied here.
In Daniel 8:20, the ram is explicitly identified as Media and Persia — the same kingdoms that receive Babylon here.
In Daniel 9:1, Darius the Mede becomes king over Babylon — fulfilling the prophecy here that the kingdom would be given to the Medes.
Daniel 2:39 predicts the inferior second kingdom of Medo-Persia — the very kingdom that takes over here in Daniel 5:28.
Daniel 7:5 envisions the bear-like second beast representing Medo-Persia — the same empire that receives the kingdom in Daniel 5:28.
Daniel 4:31 describes Nebuchadnezzar's temporary loss of kingdom — a parallel judgment to Belshazzar's permanent loss here. Both hear 'the kingdom is departed'.
Daniel 6:28 shows Daniel prospering under the Persian reign foretold in the prophecy — a later historical echo.
In Daniel 8:4, the ram represents Medo-Persia conquering — the same empire that receives Babylon's kingdom here.
Jeremiah 25:25 lists the kings of the Medes among those who will drink the cup of God's wrath — they become the agents against Babylon here.
Jeremiah 51:28 explicitly summons the kings of the Medes against Babylon — the same Medes who take the kingdom in Daniel 5:28.
In Isaiah 45:2, God promises to break Babylon's gates for Cyrus — the same conquest that gives the kingdom to Persia here.
In Isaiah 13:17, God stirs up the Medes against Babylon — the same nation that receives Babylon's kingdom here.
In Isaiah 21:2, Media and Elam are called to besiege Babylon — the same invasion that leads to the transfer of power here.
In Isaiah 45:1, Cyrus is anointed to subdue nations — the Persian king who fulfills the transfer of Babylon's kingdom here.