Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king{H4430} made{H5648}{(H8754)} 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}{(H8684)} in the plain{H1236} of Dura{H1757}, in the province{H4083} of Babylon{H895}.

Then Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king{H4430} sent{H7972}{(H8754)} to gather together{H3673}{(H8749)} 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}{(H8749)} to the dedication{H2597} of the image{H6755} which Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king{H4430} had set up{H6966}{(H8684)}.

Then{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}{(H8723)} unto the dedication{H2597} of the image{H6755} that Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king{H4430} had set up{H6966}{(H8684)}; and they stood{H6966}{(H8750)} before{H6903} the image{H6755} that Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} had set up{H6966}{(H8684)}.

Then an herald{H3744} cried{H7123}{(H8751)} aloud{H2429}, To you it is commanded{H560}{(H8750)}, O people{H5972}, nations{H524}, and languages{H3961},

That at what time{H5732} ye hear{H8086}{(H8748)} the sound{H7032} of the cornet{H7162}, flute{H4953}, harp{H7030}{(H8675)}{H7030}, sackbut{H5443}, psaltery{H6460}, dulcimer{H5481}, and all{H3606} kinds{H2178} of musick{H2170}, ye fall down{H5308}{(H8748)} and worship{H5457}{(H8748)} the golden{H1722} image{H6755} that Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king{H4430} hath set up{H6966}{(H8684)}:

And whoso{H4479} falleth{H5308} not{H3809} down{H5308}{(H8748)} and worshippeth{H5457}{(H8748)} shall the same hour{H8160} be cast{H7412}{(H8729)} into the midst{H1459} of a burning{H3345}{(H8751)} fiery{H5135} furnace{H861}.

Therefore{H6903}{H1836} at that time{H2166}, when{H1768} all{H3606} the people{H5972} heard{H8086}{(H8750)} the sound{H7032} of the cornet{H7162}, flute{H4953}, harp{H7030}{(H8675)}{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}{(H8750)} and worshipped{H5457}{(H8750)} the golden{H1722} image{H6755} that Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king{H4430} had set up{H6966}{(H8684)}.

Wherefore{H6903}{H3606} at that{H1836} time{H2166} certain{H1400} Chaldeans{H3779} came near{H7127}{(H8754)}, and accused{H7170}{H399}{(H8754)} the Jews{H3062}.

They spake{H6032}{(H8754)} and said{H560}{(H8750)} to the king{H4430} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020}, O king{H4430}, live{H2418}{(H8747)} for ever{H5957}.

Thou{H607}, O king{H4430}, hast made{H7761}{(H8754)} a decree{H2942}, that every{H3606} man{H606} that shall hear{H8086}{(H8748)} the sound{H7032} of the cornet{H7162}, flute{H4953}, harp{H7030}{(H8675)}{H7030}, sackbut{H5443}, psaltery{H6460}, and dulcimer{H5481}{(H8675)}{H5481}, and all{H3606} kinds{H2178} of musick{H2170}, shall fall down{H5308}{(H8748)} and worship{H5457}{(H8748)} the golden{H1722} image{H6755}:

And whoso{H4479} falleth{H5308} not{H3809} down{H5308}{(H8748)} and worshippeth{H5457}{(H8748)}, that he should be cast{H7412}{(H8729)} into the midst{H1459} of a burning{H3345}{(H8751)} fiery{H5135} furnace{H861}.

There are{H383} certain{H1400} Jews{H3062} whom{H3487} thou hast set{H4483}{(H8745)} 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}{(H8754)} not{H3809} regarded{H2942} thee{H5922}: they serve{H6399}{(H8750)} not{H3809} thy gods{H426}, nor{H3809} worship{H5457}{(H8750)} the golden{H1722} image{H6755} which thou hast set up{H6966}{(H8684)}.

Then{H116} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} in his rage{H7266} and fury{H2528} commanded{H560}{(H8754)} to bring{H858}{(H8682)} Shadrach{H7715}, Meshach{H4336}, and Abednego{H5665}. Then{H116} they brought{H858}{(H8717)} these{H479} men{H1400} before{H6925} the king{H4430}.

Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} spake{H6032}{(H8750)} and said{H560}{(H8750)} unto them, Is it true{H6656}, O Shadrach{H7715}, Meshach{H4336}, and Abednego{H5665}, do not{H3809} ye{H383} serve{H6399}{(H8750)} my gods{H426}, nor{H3809} worship{H5457}{(H8750)} the golden{H1722} image{H6755} which I have set{H6966}{(H8684)} up?

Now{H3705} if{H2006} ye be{H383} ready{H6263} that at what time{H5732} ye hear{H8086}{(H8748)} the sound{H7032} of the cornet{H7162}, flute{H4953}, harp{H7030}{(H8675)}{H7030}, sackbut{H5443}, psaltery{H6460}, and dulcimer{H5481}, and all{H3606} kinds{H2178} of musick{H2170}, ye fall down{H5308}{(H8748)} and worship{H5457}{(H8748)} the image{H6755} which I have made{H5648}{(H8754)}; well: but if{H2006} ye worship{H5457}{(H8748)} not{H3809}, ye shall be cast{H7412}{(H8729)} the same hour{H8160} into the midst{H1459} of a burning{H3345}{(H8751)} fiery{H5135} furnace{H861}; and who{H4479} is that God{H426} that shall deliver{H7804}{(H8755)} you out of{H4481} my hands{H3028}?

Shadrach{H7715}, Meshach{H4336}, and Abednego{H5665}, answered{H6032}{(H8754)} and said{H560}{(H8750)} to the king{H4430}, O Nebuchadnezzar{H5020}, we{H586} are not{H3809} careful{H2818}{(H8750)} to answer{H8421}{(H8682)} thee in{H5922} this{H1836} matter{H6600}.

If{H2006} it be so, our God{H426} whom we{H586} serve{H6399}{(H8750)} is{H383} able{H3202}{(H8750)} to deliver{H7804}{(H8756)} us from{H4481} the burning{H3345}{(H8751)} fiery{H5135} furnace{H861}, and{H4481} he will deliver{H7804}{(H8755)} us out of{H4481} thine hand{H3028}, O king{H4430}.

But if{H2006} not{H3809}, be it{H1934}{(H8748)} known{H3046}{(H8752)} unto thee, O king{H4430}, that we will{H383} not{H3809} serve{H6399}{(H8750)} thy gods{H426}, nor{H3809} worship{H5457}{(H8748)} the golden{H1722} image{H6755} which thou hast set up{H6966}{(H8684)}.

Then{H116} was Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} full{H4391}{(H8728)} of fury{H2528}, and the form{H6755} of his visage{H600} was changed{H8133}{(H8724)} against{H5922} Shadrach{H7715}, Meshach{H4336}, and Abednego{H5665}: therefore he spake{H6032}{(H8750)}, and commanded{H560}{(H8750)} that they should heat{H228}{(H8749)} the furnace{H861} one{H2298} seven times{H7655} more{H5922} than{H1768} it was wont{H2370}{(H8752)} to be heated{H228}{(H8749)}.

And he commanded{H560}{(H8754)} the most{H2429} mighty{H1401} men{H1400} that were in his army{H2429} to bind{H3729}{(H8742)} Shadrach{H7715}, Meshach{H4336}, and Abednego{H5665}, and to cast{H7412}{(H8749)} them into the burning{H3345}{(H8751)} fiery{H5135} furnace{H861}.

Then{H116} these{H479} men{H1400} were bound{H3729}{(H8760)} in their coats{H5622}, their hosen{H6361}{(H8675)}{H6361}, and their hats{H3737}, and their other garments{H3831}, and were cast{H7412}{(H8752)} into the midst{H1459} of the burning{H3345}{(H8751)} fiery{H5135} furnace{H861}.

Therefore{H3606}{H6903} because{H4481}{H1836} the king's{H4430} commandment{H4406} was urgent{H2685}{(H8683)}, and the furnace{H861} exceeding{H3493} hot{H228}{(H8752)}, the flame{H7631} of the fire{H5135} slew{H6992}{(H8745)} those{H479} men{H1400}{H1994} that took up{H5267}{(H8684)} Shadrach{H7715}, Meshach{H4336}, and Abednego{H5665}.

And these{H479} three{H8532} men{H1400}, Shadrach{H7715}, Meshach{H4336}, and Abednego{H5665}, fell down{H5308}{(H8754)} bound{H3729}{(H8743)} into the midst{H1459} of the burning{H3345}{(H8751)} fiery{H5135} furnace{H861}.

Then{H116} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king{H4430} was astonied{H8429}{(H8754)}, and rose up{H6966}{(H8754)} in haste{H927}{(H8726)}, and spake{H6032}{(H8750)}, and said{H560}{(H8750)} unto his counsellors{H1907}, Did not{H3809} we cast{H7412}{(H8754)} three{H8532} men{H1400} bound{H3729}{(H8743)} into the midst{H1459} of the fire{H5135}? They answered{H6032}{(H8750)} and said{H560}{(H8750)} unto the king{H4430}, True{H3330}, O king{H4430}.

He answered{H6032}{(H8750)} and said{H560}{(H8750)}, Lo{H1888}, I{H576} see{H2370}{(H8751)} four{H703} men{H1400} loose{H8271}{(H8750)}, walking{H1981}{(H8683)} 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}{(H8751)} the Son{H1247} of God{H426}.

Then{H116} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} came near{H7127}{(H8754)} to the mouth{H8651} of the burning{H3345}{(H8751)} fiery{H5135} furnace{H861}, and spake{H6032}{(H8750)}, and said{H560}{(H8750)}, Shadrach{H7715}, Meshach{H4336}, and Abednego{H5665}, ye servants{H5649} of the most high{H5943} God{H426}, come forth{H5312}{(H8747)}, and come{H858}{(H8747)} hither. Then{H116} Shadrach{H7715}, Meshach{H4336}, and Abednego{H5665}, came forth{H5312}{(H8750)} of{H4481} the midst{H1459} of the fire{H5135}.

And the princes{H324}, governors{H5460}, and captains{H6347}, and the king's{H4430} counsellors{H1907}, being gathered together{H3673}{(H8723)}, saw{H2370}{(H8751)} these{H479} men{H1400}, upon whose bodies{H1655} the fire{H5135} had no{H3809} power{H7981}{(H8754)}, nor{H3809} was an hair{H8177} of their head{H7217} singed{H2761}{(H8724)}, neither{H3809} were their coats{H5622} changed{H8133}{(H8754)}, nor{H3809} the smell{H7382} of fire{H5135} had passed{H5709}{(H8754)} on them.

Then Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} spake{H6032}{(H8750)}, and said{H560}{(H8750)}, Blessed{H1289}{(H8752)} be the God{H426} of Shadrach{H7715}, Meshach{H4336}, and Abednego{H5665}, who hath sent{H7972}{(H8754)} his angel{H4398}, and delivered{H7804}{(H8758)} his servants{H5649} that trusted{H7365}{(H8702)} in him{H5922}, and have changed{H8133}{(H8745)} the king's{H4430} word{H4406}, and yielded{H3052}{(H8754)} their bodies{H1655}, that they might not{H3809} serve{H6399}{(H8748)} nor{H3809} worship{H5457}{(H8748)} any{H3606} god{H426}, except{H3861} their own God{H426}.

Therefore I{H4481} make{H7761}{(H8752)} a decree{H2942}, That every{H3606} people{H5972}, nation{H524}, and language{H3961}, which speak{H560}{(H8748)} any thing amiss{H7960}{(H8675)}{H7955} against{H5922} the God{H426} of Shadrach{H7715}, Meshach{H4336}, and Abednego{H5665}, shall be cut{H5648}{(H8725)} in pieces{H1917}, and their houses{H1005} shall be made{H7739}{(H8721)} a dunghill{H5122}: because{H6903}{H3606} there is{H383} no{H3809} other{H321} God{H426} that can{H3202}{(H8748)} deliver{H5338}{(H8682)} after this{H1836} sort.

Then{H116} the king{H4430} promoted{H6744}{(H8684)} Shadrach{H7715}, Meshach{H4336}, and Abednego{H5665}, in the province{H4083} of Babylon{H895}.