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                                     Daniel


                                    Chapter 3


  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O
     people, nations, and languages,

  5. That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute,
     harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick,
     ye fall down and worship the golden image that
     Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:

  6. And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same
     hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

  7. Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound
     of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds
     of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages,
     fell down and worshipped the golden image that
     Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

  8. Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and
     accused the Jews.

  9. They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live
     for ever.

 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 musick, shall fall
     down and worship the golden image:

 11. And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should
     be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

 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.

 13. Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring
     Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men
     before the king.

 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?

 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 musick, 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?

 16. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the
     king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in
     this matter.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 22. Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the
     furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men
     that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

 23. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell
     down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

 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.

 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.

 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. 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.

 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.

 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.

 30. Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in
     the province of Babylon.