Daniel:3

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* Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold whose height was sixty cubits ; its breadth , six cubits . He set it up in the plain of Dura , in the province of Babylon . * Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather the satraps , the prefects , the governors , the counselors , the treasurers , the judges and the justices . And all the officials of the provinces were ordered to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up . * Then were gathered the satraps , the prefects , the governors , the counselors , the treasurers , the judges , the justices , and all the officials of the provinces , to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up . And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up . * Then the herald cried with strength : To you it is commanded O peoples , nations , and languages , * at the time you hear the sound of the horn , the pipe , zither , the lyre , harp , bagpipe , and all kinds of music , you shall fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up . * And whoever does not fall down and worship , at that moment they will be thrown into the middle of a burning , fiery furnace . * Then at that time when all the people heard the sound of the horn , the pipe , zither , the lyre , harp , and all kinds of music , all the peoples , the nations , and the languages fell down , worshiping the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up . * Then at that time men , Chaldeans , came near and slandered the Jews . * They answered and said to king Nebuchadnezzar , O king , live forever ! * You , O king , have made a decree that every man who shall hear the sound of the horn , the pipe , zither , the lyre , harp , and the bagpipe , and all kinds of music , shall fall down and worship the golden image . * And whoever does not fall down and worship , he should be thrown into the middle of a burning , fiery furnace . * There are men , Jews , whom you have set over the business of the province of Babylon : Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego . These men , O king , do not pay attention to you . They do not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up . * Then Nebuchadnezzar in anger and wrath commanded to bring Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego . Then they brought these men before the king . * Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said to them , Is it true , O Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego that you are not serving my gods , nor worshiping the golden image which I have set up ? * Now if you are ready , at the time you hear the sound of the horn , the pipe , zither , the lyre , harp , and bagpipe , and all kinds of music , fall down and worship the image which I have made . But if you do not worship , in that moment you shall be thrown into the middle of a burning , fiery furnace . And who is that god who shall deliver you out of my hand ? * Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego answered and said to the king , O Nebuchadnezzar , we have no need to return a word to you on this matter . * If it is so that our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning , fiery furnace , then He will deliver out of your hand , O king . * And if not , let it be known to you , O king , that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up . * Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath , and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego . He spoke and commanded to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usual to heat it . * And he commanded mighty men of valor in his army to tie up Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego , and to throw them into the burning , fiery furnace . * Then these men were tied up in their slippers , their tunics , and their mantles , and their other clothes , and were thrown into the middle of the burning , fiery furnace . * Then , because the king 's command was urgent , and the furnace exceedingly hot , the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego . * And these three men , Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego , fell down bound into the middle of the burning , fiery furnace . * Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was amazed . And he rose up in haste ; he spoke and said to his royal officials , Did we not throw three men bound into the middle of the fire ? They replied and said to the king , True , O king . * He answered and said , Behold ! I see four men loose , walking in the middle of the fire , and there is no harm among them . And the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods . * Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning , fiery furnace . He answered and said , Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego , servants of the most high God , come out and come here . Then Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego came out of the middle of the fire . * And the satraps , the prefects , the governors , and the king 's officials assembled . And they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power , and the hair of their head was not scorched , nor were their slippers changed , nor had the smell of fire clung on them . * Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said , Blessed be the God of Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego , who has sent His Angel and has delivered His servants who trusted in Him , and have changed the king 's words , and have given their bodies that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God . * And a decree is given by me , that every people , nation , and language who speak anything amiss about the God of Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego , he will be made into mere members and his house shall be made an outhouse . Because there is no other God who is able to deliver like this . * Then the king made Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego prosper in the province of Babylon .

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