Daniel:3

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* 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 . * Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent sh @ 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 . * 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 . * Then an herald cried q @ aloud , To you it is commanded , O people , nations , and languages , * That at what time ye hear sh @ the sound of the cornet , flute , harp , sackbut , psaltery , dulcimer , and all kinds of musick , ye fall down n @ and worship c @ the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up : * And whoso falleth # not down n @ and worshippeth c @ shall the same hour be cast r @ into the midst of a burning y @ fiery furnace . * Therefore q @bel # at that time , when all the people heard sh @ the sound of the cornet , flute , harp , sackbut , psaltery , and all kinds of musick , all the people , the nations , and the languages , fell down n @ and worshipped c @ the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up . * Wherefore q @bel # at that time certain Chaldeans came near q @, and accused q @rats # the Jews Y @huwda #iy #. * They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar , O king , live for ever . * Thou , O king , hast made a decree t @#em #, that every man that shall hear sh @ the sound of the cornet , flute , harp , sackbut , psaltery , and dulcimer cuwmpown @, and all kinds of musick , shall fall down n @ and worship c @ the golden image : * And whoso falleth # not down n @ and worshippeth c @, that he should be cast r @ into the midst of a burning y @ fiery furnace . * There are certain Jews whom thou hast set m @ over the affairs of the province of Babylon , Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego #Abed ; these men , O king , have not regarded thee : they serve p @ not thy gods , nor worship c @ the golden image which thou hast set up . * Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego #Abed . Then they brought these men before the king . * Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them , Is it true , O Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego #Abed , do not ye serve p @ my gods , nor worship c @ the golden image which I have set up ? * Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear sh @ the sound of the cornet , flute , harp , sackbut , psaltery , and dulcimer , and all kinds of musick , ye fall down n @ and worship c @ the image which I have made ; well : but if ye worship c @ not , ye shall be cast r @ the same hour into the midst of a burning y @ fiery furnace ; and who is that God that shall deliver sh @ you out of my hands ? * Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego #Abed , answered and said to the king , O Nebuchadnezzar , we are not careful to answer thee in this matter . * If it be so , our God whom we serve p @ is able y @ to deliver sh @ us from the burning y @ fiery furnace , and # he will deliver sh @ us out of thine hand , O king . * But if not , be it known y @ unto thee , O king , that we will not serve p @ thy gods , nor worship c @ the golden image which thou hast set up . * Then was Nebuchadnezzar full m @ of fury , and the form of his visage was changed sh @ against Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego #Abed : therefore he spake , and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated . * And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind k @ Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego #Abed , and to cast r @ them into the burning y @ fiery furnace . * Then these men were bound k @ in their coats , their hosen , and their hats , and their other garments , and were cast r @ into the midst of the burning y @ fiery furnace . * Therefore kol # because min # the kings commandment was urgent , and the furnace exceeding hot , the flame of the fire slew q @ those men g @bar # that took up n @ Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego #Abed . * And these three men , Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego #Abed , fell down n @ bound k @ into the midst of the burning y @ fiery furnace . * Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied t @, and rose up in haste b @, and spake , and said unto his counsellors , Did not we cast r @ three men bound k @ into the midst of the fire ? They answered and said unto the king , True , O king . * He answered and said , Lo , I see four men loose sh @, walking in the midst of the fire , and they have no hurt ; and the form of the fourth is like d @ the Son of God . * Then Nebuchadnezzar came near q @ to the mouth of the burning y @ fiery furnace , and spake , and said , Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego #Abed , ye servants of the most high God , come forth n @, and come hither . Then Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego #Abed , came forth n @ of the midst of the fire . * And the princes , governors , and captains , and the kings counsellors , being gathered together , saw these men , upon whose bodies the fire had no power sh @, nor was an hair of their head singed , neither were their coats changed sh @, nor the smell of fire had passed on them . * Then Nebuchadnezzar spake , and said , Blessed b @ be the God of Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego #Abed , who hath sent sh @ his angel mal #ak #, and delivered sh @ his servants that trusted r @ in him , and have changed sh @ the kings word , and yielded y @ their bodies , that they might not serve p @ nor worship c @ any god , except their own God . * Therefore I make a decree t @#em #, That every people , nation , and language , which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego #Abed , shall be cut in pieces , and their houses shall be made sh @ a dunghill : because q @bel # there is no other God that can y @ deliver n @ after this sort . * Then the king promoted ts @ Shadrach , Meshach , and Abednego #Abed , in the province of Babylon .

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