27_DAN_03_01 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.
27_DAN_03_02 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent 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.
27_DAN_03_03 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.
27_DAN_03_04 Then an herald cried aloud, to you it Is commanded, O people, nations, And languages,
27_DAN_03_05 [ that] at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, And all kinds of music, ye fall down And worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
27_DAN_03_06 And whoso falleth not down And worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of A burning fiery furnace.
27_DAN_03_07 therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, And all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, And the languages, fell down [ And] worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
27_DAN_03_08 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, And accused the Jews.
27_DAN_03_09 they spake And said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
27_DAN_03_10 thou, O king, hast made A decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, And dulcimer, And all kinds of music, shall fall down And worship the golden image:
27_DAN_03_11 And whoso falleth not down And worshippeth, [ that] he should be cast into the midst of A burning fiery furnace.
27_DAN_03_12 there are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego; These men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
27_DAN_03_13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in [ his] rage And fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego. Then they brought These men before the king.
27_DAN_03_14 Nebuchadnezzar spake And said unto them, [ Is it] true, O Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
27_DAN_03_15 now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, And dulcimer, And all kinds of music, ye fall down And worship the image which I have made; [ Well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of A burning fiery furnace; And who [ Is] that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
27_DAN_03_16 Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego, answered And said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we [ are] not careful to answer thee in this matter.
27_DAN_03_17 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 thine hand, O king.
27_DAN_03_18 but if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
27_DAN_03_19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, And the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego: [ therefore] he spake, And commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
27_DAN_03_20 And he commanded the most mighty men that [ were] in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego, [ And] to cast [ them] into the burning fiery furnace.
27_DAN_03_21 Then These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, And their hats, And their [ other] garments, And were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
27_DAN_03_22 therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, And the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego.
27_DAN_03_23 And These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
27_DAN_03_24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, And rose up in haste, [ And] spake, And said unto his counsellors, did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? they answered And said unto the king, true, O king.
27_DAN_03_25 he answered And said, Lo, I see four men Loose, walking in the midst of the fire, And they have no hurt; And the form of the fourth Is like the son of God.
27_DAN_03_26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, [ And] spake, And said, Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, And come [ hither]. Then Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
27_DAN_03_27 And the princes, governors, And captains, And the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw These men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
27_DAN_03_28 [ Then] Nebuchadnezzar spake, And said, blessed [ be] the God of Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego, who hath sent his angel, And delivered his servants that trusted in him, And have changed the king's word, And yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any God, except their own God.
27_DAN_03_29 therefore I make A decree, that every people, nation, And language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, And their houses shall be made A dunghill: because there Is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
27_DAN_03_30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, And Abednego, in the province of Babylon.