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Daniel 3:8-18

8Wherefore atthattimeזִמְנָ֔אzim.Na'H2166certainChaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאִ֑יןkas.da.'InH3779camenear,andbroughtaccusationagainsttheJewsיְהוּדָיֵֽא׃ye.hu.da.Ye'H3062.

9Theyansweredandsaidוְאָ֣מְרִ֔יןve.'A.me.RinH560toNebuchadnezzarלִנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֖רlin.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020thekingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430, Okingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430,liveחֱיִֽי׃che.YiH2418foreverלְעָלְמִ֥יןle.'al.MinH5957.

10Thou, Okingמַלְכָּא֮mal.Ka'H4430, hastmadeH7761adecreeטְּעֵם֒te.'EmH2942,thateverymanH606thatshallhearיִשְׁמַ֡עyish.Ma'H8086thesoundofthecornet,fluteמַ֠שְׁרֹקִיתָאMash.ro.ki.ta'H4953,harpפְסַנְתֵּרִין֙fe.san.te.RinH6460, sackbut,psaltery,anddulcimer,andallkindsזְנֵ֣יze.NeiH2178ofmusic,shallfallיִפֵּ֥לyi.PelH5308downH5308andworshipthegoldenimageלְצֶ֥לֶםle.Tze.lemH6755;

11andwhoso fallethnotdownיִפֵּ֖לyi.PelH5308andworshippeth,shallbecastintothemidstלְגֽוֹא־le.goy'-H1459ofa burning fieryfurnaceאַתּ֥וּן'a.TunH861.

12TherearecertainJewsH3062whomthou hastappointedמַנִּ֤יתָma.Ni.taH4483overtheaffairsoftheprovinceמְדִינַ֣תme.di.NatH4083ofBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH895:Shadrachשַׁדְרַ֥ךְshad.RakhH7715,Meshachמֵישַׁ֖ךְmei.ShakhH4336,andAbed-negoH5665;thesemenH1400, Okingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430,havenotregarded thee:theyservenotthygodsלֵֽאלָהָךְ֙le.la.ha.yikhH426,norworshipthegoldenimageוּלְצֶ֧לֶםu.le.Tze.lemH6755whichthou hastsetהֲקֵ֖ימְתָּha.Kei.me.taH6966up.

13Thenבֵּאדַ֤יִןbe.Da.yinH116Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר֙ne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020inhisrageandfurycommandedtobringH858Shadrachלְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְle.shad.RakhH7715,Meshachמֵישַׁ֖ךְmei.ShakhH4336,andAbed-negoH5665.Thenבֵּאדַ֙יִן֙be.Da.yinH116theybroughtH858thesemenH1400beforethekingמַלְכָּֽא׃mal.Ka'H4430.

14Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙ne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020answeredandsaidוְאָמַ֣רve.'a.MarH560untothem,Isitofpurpose, OShadrachשַׁדְרַ֥ךְshad.RakhH7715,Meshachמֵישַׁ֖ךְmei.ShakhH4336,andAbed-negoH5665,thatyeservenotmygodלֵֽאלָהַ֗יle.la.HaiH426,norworshipthegoldenimageוּלְצֶ֧לֶםu.le.Tze.lemH6755whichIhavesetהֲקֵ֖ימֶתha.Kei.metH6966up?

15Nowכְּעַ֞ןke.'AnH3705ifyebereadythatatwhattimeבְעִדָּנָ֡אve.'i.da.Na'H5732yehearתִשְׁמְע֡וּןtish.me.'UnH8086thesoundofthecornet,fluteמַשְׁרוֹקִיתָ֣אmash.ro.ki.Ta'H4953,harpפְּסַנְתֵּרִין֩pe.san.te.RinH6460, sackbut,psaltery,anddulcimer,andallkindsזְנֵ֣יze.NeiH2178ofmusic, yefallתִּפְּל֣וּןti.pe.LunH5308downH5308andworshiptheimageלְצַלְמָ֣אle.tzal.Ma'H6755whichIhavemade, well:butifyeworshipnot, yeshallbecastthesame hourintothemidstלְגֽוֹא־le.goy'-H1459ofaburning fieryfurnaceאַתּ֥וּן'a.TunH861;andwhoisthatgodאֱלָ֔הּ'e.LahH426thatshalldeliverיְשֵֽׁיזְבִנְכ֖וֹןye.shei.ze.vin.KhonH7804yououtofmyhandsיְדָֽי׃ye.DaiH3028?

16Shadrachשַׁדְרַ֤ךְshad.RakhH7715,Meshachמֵישַׁךְ֙mei.shaKhH4336,andAbed-negoH5665answeredandsaidוְאָמְרִ֖יןve.'a.me.RinH560tothekingלְמַלְכָּ֑אle.mal.Ka'H4430, ONebuchadnezzarנְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֔רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020,wehavenoneedtoanswertheeinthismatter.

17Ifitbeso, ourGodאֱלָהַ֙נָא֙'e.la.Ha.na'H426whomweserveisableיָכִ֖לya.KhilH3202todeliverלְשֵׁיזָבוּתַ֑נָאle.shei.za.vu.Ta.na'H7804usfromtheburning fieryfurnaceאַתּ֨וּן'a.TunH861;andhewilldeliverיְשֵׁיזִֽב׃ye.shei.ZivH7804us outofthyhandיְדָ֥ךְye.DakhH3028, Okingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430.

18Butifnot,beitknownH3046unto thee, Okingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430,thatwewillnotservethygodsלֵֽאלָהָךְ֙le.la.ha.yiKhH426,norworshipthegoldenimageוּלְצֶ֧לֶםu.le.Tze.lemH6755whichthou hastsetהֲקֵ֖ימְתָּha.Kei.me.taH6966up.

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