Daniel:3:8-23
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Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near ,
and accused the Jews .
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They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar ,
O king ,
live for ever .
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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 musick ,
shall fall down and worship the golden image :
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And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth ,
that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace .
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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 .
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Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach ,
Meshach ,
and Abednego .
Then they brought these men before the king .
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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 ?
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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 musick ,
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 ?
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Shadrach ,
Meshach ,
and Abednego ,
answered and said to the king ,
O Nebuchadnezzar ,
we are not careful to answer thee in this matter .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And these three men ,
Shadrach ,
Meshach ,
and Abednego ,
fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace .