Nebuchadnezzar{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}

Then Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king{H4430} sent{H7972} to gather together{H3673} the satraps,{H324} the deputies,{H5460} and the governors,{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}

Then{H116} the satraps,{H324} the deputies,{H5460} and the governors,{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}

Then the herald{H3744} cried{H7123} aloud,{H2429} To you it is commanded,{H560} O peoples,{H5972} nations,{H524} and languages,{H3961}

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 music,{H2170} ye fall down{H5308} and worship{H5457} the golden{H1722} image{H6755} that Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king{H4430} hath set up;{H6966}

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}

Therefore{H6903} at that time,{H2166} when{H1768} all{H3606} the peoples{H5972} heard{H8086} the sound{H7032} of the cornet,{H7162} flute,{H4953} harp,{H7030} sackbut,{H5443} psaltery,{H6460} and all{H3606} kinds{H2178} of music,{H2170} all{H3606} the peoples,{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}

Wherefore{H6903} at that{H1836} time{H2166} certain{H1400} Chaldeans{H3779} came near,{H7127} and brought accusation{H7170} against the Jews.{H3062}

They answered{H6032} and said{H560} to Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king,{H4430} O king,{H4430} live{H2418} for ever.{H5957}

Thou,{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 music,{H2170} shall fall down{H5308} and worship{H5457} the golden{H1722} image;{H6755}

and whoso{H4479} falleth{H5308} not{H3809} down{H5308} and worshippeth,{H5457} shall be cast{H7412} into the midst{H1459} of a burning{H3345} fiery{H5135} furnace.{H861}

There are{H383} certain{H1400} Jews{H3062} whom{H3487} thou hast appointed{H4483} over{H5922} the affairs{H5673} of the province{H4083} of Babylon:{H895} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego;{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 up.{H6966}

Then{H116} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} in [his] rage{H7266} and fury{H2528} commanded{H560} to bring{H858} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego.{H5665} Then{H116} they brought{H858} these{H479} men{H1400} before{H6925} the king.{H4430}

Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} answered{H6032} and said{H560} unto them, Is it of purpose,{H6656} O Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego,{H5665} that ye{H383} serve{H6399} not{H3809} my god,{H426} nor{H3809} worship{H5457} the golden{H1722} image{H6755} which I have set{H6966} up?

Now{H3705} if{H2006} ye be{H383} ready{H6263} that at what time{H5732} ye 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 music,{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 cast{H7412} the same hour{H8160} into the midst{H1459} of 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}

Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego{H5665} answered{H6032} and said{H560} to the king,{H4430} O Nebuchadnezzar,{H5020} we{H586} have no{H3809} need{H2818} to answer{H8421} thee in{H5922} this{H1836} matter.{H6600}

If{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} thy hand,{H3028} O king.{H4430}

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}

Then{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 Abed-nego:{H5665} [therefore] he spake,{H6032} and commanded{H560} that they should heat{H228} the furnace{H861} {H2298} seven times{H7655} more{H5922} than{H1768} it was wont{H2370} to be heated.{H228}

And he commanded{H560} certain{H2429} mighty{H1401} men{H1400} that were in his army{H2429} to bind{H3729} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego,{H5665} [and] to cast{H7412} them into the burning{H3345} fiery{H5135} furnace.{H861}

Then{H116} these{H479} men{H1400} were bound{H3729} in their hosen,{H6361} their tunics,{H5622} and their mantles,{H3737} and their [other] garments,{H3831} and were cast{H7412} into the midst{H1459} of the burning{H3345} fiery{H5135} furnace.{H861}

Therefore{H3606} because{H4481} the king's{H4430} 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 Abed-nego.{H5665}

And these{H479} three{H8532} men,{H1400} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego,{H5665} fell down{H5308} bound{H3729} into the midst{H1459} of the burning{H3345} fiery{H5135} furnace.{H861}

Then{H116} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king{H4430} was astonished,{H8429} and rose up{H6966} in haste:{H927} he 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}

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 aspect{H7299} of the fourth{H7244} is like{H1821} a son{H1247} of the gods.{H426}

Then{H116} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} came near{H7127} to the mouth{H8651} of the burning{H3345} fiery{H5135} furnace:{H861} he spake{H6032} and said,{H560} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego,{H5665} ye servants{H5649} of the Most High{H5943} God,{H426} come forth,{H5312} and come{H858} hither. Then{H116} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego{H5665} came forth{H5312} out of{H4481} the midst{H1459} of the fire.{H5135}

And the satraps,{H324} the deputies,{H5460} and the governors,{H6347} and the king's{H4430} counsellors,{H1907} being gathered together,{H3673} saw{H2370} these{H479} men,{H1400} that the fire{H5135} had no{H3809} power{H7981} upon their bodies,{H1655} nor{H3809} was the hair{H8177} of their head{H7217} singed,{H2761} neither{H3809} were their hosen{H5622} changed,{H8133} nor{H3809} had the smell{H7382} of fire{H5135} passed{H5709} on them.

Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} spake{H6032} and said,{H560} Blessed{H1289} be the God{H426} of Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego,{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{H4430} word,{H4406} and have 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}

Therefore I{H4481} make{H7761} a decree,{H2942} that every{H3606} people,{H5972} nation,{H524} and language,{H3961} which speak{H560} anything amiss{H7960} against{H5922} the God{H426} of Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego,{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 is{H383} able to deliver{H5338} after this{H1836} sort.

Then{H116} the king{H4430} promoted{H6744} Shadrach,{H7715} Meshach,{H4336} and Abed-nego{H5665} in the province{H4083} of Babylon.{H895}