1Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430]made[H5648] an image[H6755] of gold[H1722], whose height[H7314] was threescore[H8361]cubits[H521], and the breadth[H6613] thereof six[H8353]cubits[H521]: he set it up[H6966] in the plain[H1236] of Dura[H1757], in the province[H4083] of Babylon[H895].
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Then Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430]sent[H7972] to gather together[H3673] the princes[H324], the governors[H5460], and the captains[H6347], the judges[H148], the treasurers[H1411], the counsellors[H1884], the sheriffs[H8614], and all[H3606] the rulers[H7984] of the provinces[H4083], to come[H858] to the dedication[H2597] of the image[H6755] which Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430] had set up[H6966].
3Then[H116] the princes[H324], the governors[H5460], and captains[H6347], the judges[H148], the treasurers[H1411], the counsellors[H1884], the sheriffs[H8614], and all[H3606] the rulers[H7984] of the provinces[H4083], were gathered together[H3673] unto the dedication[H2597] of the image[H6755] that Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430] had set up[H6966]; and they stood[H6966]before[H6903] the image[H6755] that Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] had set up[H6966].
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Then an herald[H3744]cried[H7123]aloud[H2429], To you it is commanded[H560], O people[H5972], nations[H524], and languages[H3961],
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That at what time[H5732] ye hear[H8086] the sound[H7032] of the cornet[H7162], flute[H4953], harp[H7030], sackbut[H5443], psaltery[H6460], dulcimer[H5481], and all[H3606]kinds[H2178] of musick[H2170], ye fall down[H5308] and worship[H5457] the golden[H1722]image[H6755] that Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430] hath set up[H6966]:
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And whoso[H4479]falleth[H5308]not[H3809]down[H5308] and worshippeth[H5457] shall the same hour[H8160] be cast[H7412] into the midst[H1459] of a burning[H3345]fiery[H5135]furnace[H861].
7Therefore[H6903] at that time[H2166], when[H1768]all[H3606] the people[H5972]heard[H8086] the sound[H7032] of the cornet[H7162], flute[H4953], harp[H7030], sackbut[H5443], psaltery[H6460], and all[H3606]kinds[H2178] of musick[H2170], all[H3606] the people[H5972], the nations[H524], and the languages[H3961], fell down[H5308] and worshipped[H5457] the golden[H1722]image[H6755] that Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430] had set up[H6966].
8Wherefore[H6903] at that[H1836]time[H2166]certain[H1400]Chaldeans[H3779] came near[H7127], and accused[H7170] the Jews[H3062].
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They spake[H6032] and said[H560] to the king[H4430]Nebuchadnezzar[H5020], O king[H4430], live[H2418] for ever[H5957].
10Thou[H607], O king[H4430], hast made[H7761] a decree[H2942], that every[H3606]man[H606] that shall hear[H8086] the sound[H7032] of the cornet[H7162], flute[H4953], harp[H7030], sackbut[H5443], psaltery[H6460], and dulcimer[H5481], and all[H3606]kinds[H2178] of musick[H2170], shall fall down[H5308] and worship[H5457] the golden[H1722]image[H6755]:
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And whoso[H4479]falleth[H5308]not[H3809]down[H5308] and worshippeth[H5457], that he should be cast[H7412] into the midst[H1459] of a burning[H3345]fiery[H5135]furnace[H861].
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There are[H383]certain[H1400]Jews[H3062]whom[H3487] thou hast set[H4483]over[H5922] the affairs[H5673] of the province[H4083] of Babylon[H895], Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665]; these[H479]men[H1400], O king[H4430], have[H7761]not[H3809]regarded[H2942]thee[H5922]: they serve[H6399]not[H3809] thy gods[H426], nor[H3809]worship[H5457] the golden[H1722]image[H6755] which thou hast set[H4483]up[H6966].
13Then[H116]Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] in his rage[H7266] and fury[H2528]commanded[H560] to bring[H858]Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665]. Then[H116] they brought[H858]these[H479]men[H1400]before[H6925] the king[H4430].
14Nebuchadnezzar[H5020]spake[H6032] and said[H560] unto them, Is it true[H6656], O Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665], do not[H3809]ye[H383]serve[H6399] my gods[H426], nor[H3809]worship[H5457] the golden[H1722]image[H6755] which I have set[H6966] up?
15Now[H3705]if[H2006] ye be[H383]ready[H6263] that at what time[H5732] ye hear[H8086] the sound[H7032]of[H4481] the cornet[H7162], flute[H4953], harp[H7030], sackbut[H5443], psaltery[H6460], and dulcimer[H5481], and all[H3606]kinds[H2178]of[H4481]musick[H2170], ye fall down[H5308] and worship[H5457] the image[H6755] which I have made[H5648]; well: but if[H2006] ye worship[H5457]not[H3809], ye shall be[H383]cast[H7412] the same hour[H8160] into the midst[H1459]of[H4481] a burning[H3345]fiery[H5135]furnace[H861]; and who[H4479] is that God[H426] that shall deliver[H7804] you out of[H4481] my hands?[H3028]
16Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665], answered[H6032] and said[H560] to the king[H4430], O Nebuchadnezzar[H5020], we[H586] are not[H3809]careful[H2818] to answer[H8421] thee in[H5922]this[H1836]matter[H6600].
17If[H2006] it be so, our God[H426] whom we[H586]serve[H6399]is[H383]able[H3202] to deliver[H7804] us from[H4481] the burning[H3345]fiery[H5135]furnace[H861], and[H4481] he will deliver[H7804] us out of[H4481] thine hand[H3028], O king[H4430].
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But if[H2006]not[H3809], be it[H1934]known[H3046] unto thee, O king[H4430], that we will[H383]not[H3809]serve[H6399] thy gods[H426], nor[H3809]worship[H5457] the golden[H1722]image[H6755] which thou hast set up[H6966].
19Then[H116] was Nebuchadnezzar[H5020]full[H4391] of fury[H2528], and the form[H6755] of his visage[H600] was changed[H8133]against[H5922]Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665]: therefore he spake[H6032], and commanded[H560] that they should heat[H228] the furnace[H861]one[H2298] seven times[H7655]more[H5922]than[H1768] it was wont[H2370] to be heated[H228].
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And he commanded[H560] the most[H2429]mighty[H1401]men[H1400] that were in his army[H2429] to bind[H3729]Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665], and to cast[H7412] them into the burning[H3345]fiery[H5135]furnace[H861].
21Then[H116]these[H479]men[H1400] were bound[H3729] in their coats[H5622], their hosen[H6361], and their hats[H3737], and their other garments[H3831], and were cast[H7412] into the midst[H1459] of the burning[H3345]fiery[H5135]furnace[H861].
22Therefore[H3606]because[H4481] the king's commandment[H4406] was urgent[H2685], and the furnace[H861]exceeding[H3493]hot[H228], the flame[H7631] of the fire[H5135]slew[H6992]those[H479]men[H1400] that took up[H5267]Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665].
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And these[H479]three[H8532]men[H1400], Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665], fell down[H5308]bound[H3729] into the midst[H1459] of the burning[H3345]fiery[H5135]furnace[H861].
24Then[H116]Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430] was astonied[H8429], and rose up[H6966] in haste[H927], and spake[H6032], and said[H560] unto his counsellors[H1907], Did not[H3809] we cast[H7412]three[H8532]men[H1400]bound[H3729] into the midst[H1459] of the fire?[H5135] They answered[H6032] and said[H560] unto the king[H4430], True[H3330], O king[H4430].
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He answered[H6032] and said[H560], Lo[H1888], I[H576]see[H2370]four[H703]men[H1400]loose[H8271], walking[H1981] in the midst[H1459] of the fire[H5135], and they have[H383]no[H3809]hurt[H2257]; and the form[H7299] of the fourth[H7244] is like[H1821] the Son[H1247] of God[H426].
26Then[H116]Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] came near[H7127] to the mouth[H8651]of[H4481] the burning[H3345]fiery[H5135]furnace[H861], and spake[H6032], and said[H560], Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665], ye servants[H5649]of[H4481] the most high[H5943]God[H426], come[H858]forth[H5312], and come[H858] hither. Then[H116]Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665], came forth[H5312]of[H4481] the midst[H1459]of[H4481] the fire[H5135].
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And the princes[H324], governors[H5460], and captains[H6347], and the king's counsellors[H1907], being gathered together[H3673], saw[H2370]these[H479]men[H1400], upon whose bodies[H1655] the fire[H5135] had no[H3809]power[H7981], nor[H3809] was an hair[H8177] of their head[H7217]singed[H2761], neither[H3809] were their coats[H5622]changed[H8133], nor[H3809] the smell[H7382] of fire[H5135] had passed[H5709] on them.
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Then Nebuchadnezzar[H5020]spake[H6032], and said[H560], Blessed[H1289] be the God[H426] of Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665], who hath sent[H7972] his angel[H4398], and delivered[H7804] his servants[H5649] that trusted[H7365] in him[H5922], and have changed[H8133] the king's word[H4406], and yielded[H3052] their bodies[H1655], that they might not[H3809]serve[H6399]nor[H3809]worship[H5457]any[H3606]god[H426], except[H3861] their own God[H426].
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Therefore I[H4481]make[H7761] a decree[H2942], That every[H3606]people[H5972], nation[H524], and language[H3961], which speak[H560] any thing amiss[H7960]against[H5922] the God[H426] of Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665], shall be cut[H5648] in pieces[H1917], and their houses[H1005] shall be made[H7739] a dunghill[H5122]: because[H6903] there is[H383]no[H3809]other[H321]God[H426] that can[H3202]deliver[H5338] after this[H1836] sort.
30Then[H116] the king[H4430]promoted[H6744]Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abednego[H5665], in the province[H4083] of Babylon[H895].