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Then Nebuchadnez '
zar was full of fury ,
and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach ,
Meshach ,
and Abed '
nego .
He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was wont to be heated .
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And he ordered certain mighty men of his army to bind Shadrach ,
Meshach ,
and Abed '
nego ,
and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace .
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Then these men were bound in their mantles ,
their tunics ,
their hats ,
and their other garments ,
and they were cast into the burning fiery furnace .
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Because the king '
s order was strict and the furnace very hot ,
the flame of the fire slew those men who took up Shadrach ,
Meshach ,
and Abed '
nego .
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And these three men ,
Shadrach ,
Meshach ,
and Abed '
nego ,
fell bound into the burning fiery furnace .
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Then King Nebuchadnez '
zar was astonished and rose up in haste .
He said to his counselors , "
Did we not cast three men bound into the fire ?"
They answered the king , "
True ,
O king ."
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He answered , "
But I see four men loose ,
walking in the midst of the fire ,
and they are not hurt ;
and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods ."
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Then Nebuchadnez '
zar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace and said , "
Shadrach ,
Meshach ,
and Abed '
nego ,
servants of the Most High God ,
come forth ,
and come here !"
Then Shadrach ,
Meshach ,
and Abed '
nego came out from the fire .
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And the satraps ,
the prefects ,
the governors ,
and the king '
s counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men ;
the hair of their heads was not singed ,
their mantles were not harmed ,
and no smell of fire had come upon them .
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Nebuchadnez '
zar said , "
Blessed be the God of Shadrach ,
Meshach ,
and Abed '
nego ,
who has sent his angel and delivered his servants ,
who trusted in him ,
and set at nought the king '
s command ,
and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God .