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he set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon." },{ "n": 2, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:2", "text": "Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up." },{ "n": 3, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:3", "text": "Then the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces were gathered together for the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image which Nebuchadnezzar had set up." },{ "n": 4, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:4", "text": "Then the herald cried aloud: \"To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages:" },{ "n": 5, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:5", "text": "at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you shall fall down and worship the golden image which Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up;" },{ "n": 6, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:6", "text": "and whoever does not fall down and worship shall in that very hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.\"" },{ "n": 7, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:7", "text": "Therefore, at the moment when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up." },{ "n": 8, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:8", "text": "Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near and brought accusation against the Jews." },{ "n": 9, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:9", "text": "They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, \"O king, live forever!" },{ "n": 10, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:10", "text": "You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, and bagpipe, and every kind of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;" },{ "n": 11, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:11", "text": "and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace." },{ "n": 12, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:12", "text": "There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon — Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego — these men, O king, have paid no heed to you: they do not serve your gods, nor do they worship the golden image which you have set up.\"" },{ "n": 13, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:13", "text": "Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego be brought; then these men were brought before the king." },{ "n": 14, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:14", "text": "Nebuchadnezzar said to them, \"Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that you do not serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?" },{ "n": 15, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:15", "text": "Now if you are ready at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well and good; but if you do not worship, you shall in that very hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is the god that shall deliver you out of my hands?\"" },{ "n": 16, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:16", "text": "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, \"O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter." },{ "n": 17, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:17", "text": "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 your hand, O king." },{ "n": 18, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:18", "text": "But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.\"" },{ "n": 19, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:19", "text": "Then was Nebuchadnezzar filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; he commanded that the furnace be heated seven times more than it was wont to be heated." },{ "n": 20, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:20", "text": "And he commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace." },{ "n": 21, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:21", "text": "Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics, their mantles, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace." },{ "n": 22, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:22", "text": "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 Abed-nego." },{ "n": 23, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:23", "text": "And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace." },{ "n": 24, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:24", "text": "Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste; he spoke and said to his counselors, \"Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?\" They answered and said to the king, \"True, O king.\"" },{ "n": 25, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:25", "text": "He answered and said, \"Behold, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.\"" },{ "n": 26, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:26", "text": "Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace; he spoke and said, \"Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come hither.\" Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came forth from the midst of the fire." },{ "n": 27, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:27", "text": "And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king's counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power over their bodies; the hair of their head was not singed, neither were their cloaks changed, nor had the smell of fire passed upon them." },{ "n": 28, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:28", "text": "Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, \"Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him; they set at nought the king's command, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God." },{ "n": 29, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:29", "text": "Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a refuse-heap; for there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way.\"" },{ "n": 30, "refId": "DAN-WOH-3:30", "text": "Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon." } ] }, "links": { "self": "/v1/library/books/daniel-woh/chapters/3", "book": "/v1/library/books/daniel-woh/", "chapters": "/v1/library/books/daniel-woh/chapters/", "library": "/v1/library/", "schema": "/v1/schema/book/" } }