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DANIEL ยท Chapter 3
3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was
threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in
the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes,
the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors,
the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication
of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
3:3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the
treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces,
were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar
the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar
had set up.
3:4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations,
and languages,
3:5 That at what time all of you hear the sound of the cornet, flute,
harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, all of you fall
down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set
up:
3:6 And whoso falls not down and worships shall the same hour be cast
into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
3:7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of
the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all
the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the
golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
3:8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused
the Jews.
3:9 They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for
ever.
3:10 You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear
the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer,
and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
3:11 And whoso falls not down and worships, that he should be cast
into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
3:12 There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the
province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king,
have not regarded you: they serve not your gods, nor worship the golden
image which you have set up.
3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
3:14 Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, do not all of you serve my gods, nor worship the
golden image which I have set up?
3:15 Now if all of you be ready that at what time all of you hear the
sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and
all kinds of music, all of you fall down and worship the image which I
have made; well: but if all of you worship not, all of you shall be cast
the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that
God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king,
O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer you in this matter.
3:17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from
the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
3:18 But if not, be it known unto you, O king, that we will not serve
your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage
was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spoke,
and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than
it was known to be heated.
3:20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to
bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning
fiery furnace.
3:21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their upper garments,
and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst
of the burning fiery furnace.
3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace
exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego.
3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down
bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste,
and spoke, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound
into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True,
O king.
3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the
midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is
like the Son of God.
3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery
furnace, and spoke, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, all of you
servants of the most high God, come forth, and come here. Then Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, came out of the midst of the fire.
3:27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors,
being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had
no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats
changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
3:28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spoke, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants
that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their
bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own
God.
3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language,
which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because
there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the
province of Babylon.
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