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 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 ye hear the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of
music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
 3:6  And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth 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 spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king,
live for ever.
 3:10  Thou, O king, hast 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 falleth not down and worshippeth, [that] he
should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
 3:12  There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the
affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve
not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast 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 spake and said unto them, [Is it] true, O
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor
worship the golden image which I have set up?
 3:15  Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound
of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer,
and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image
which I have made; [well]: but if ye worship not, ye 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 thee
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 thine hand, O king.
 3:18  But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will
not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou
hast 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 spake, and commanded that they should heat the
furnace one seven times more than it was wont 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 hosen,
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 flame 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 astonied, and rose up
in haste, [and] spake, 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] spake, and said, Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come
forth, and come [hither]. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
came forth 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 spake, and said, Blessed [be] the
God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath 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.