Daniel 3:8-23

8Wherefore at that timeH2166 certain ChaldeansH3779 came near, and brought accusation against the JewsH3062. 9They answered and saidH560 to NebuchadnezzarH5020 the kingH4430, O kingH4430, liveH2418 for everH5957. 10Thou, O kingH4430, hast madeH7761 a decreeH2942, that every manH606 that shall hearH8086 the sound of the cornet, fluteH4953, harpH6460, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kindsH2178 of music, shall fallH5308 downH5308 and worship the golden imageH6755; 11and whoso falleth not downH5308 and worshippeth, shall be cast into the midstH1459 of a burning fiery furnaceH861. 12There are certain JewsH3062 whom thou hast appointedH4483 over the affairs of the provinceH4083 of BabylonH895: ShadrachH7715, MeshachH4336, and Abed-negoH5665; these menH1400, O kingH4430, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy godsH426, nor worship the golden imageH6755 which thou hast setH6966 up.

13ThenH116 NebuchadnezzarH5020 inhisrage and fury commanded to bringH858 ShadrachH7715, MeshachH4336, and Abed-negoH5665. ThenH116 they broughtH858 these menH1400 before the kingH4430. 14NebuchadnezzarH5020 answered and saidH560 unto them, Is it of purpose, O ShadrachH7715, MeshachH4336, and Abed-negoH5665, that ye serve not my godH426, nor worship the golden imageH6755 which I have setH6966 up? 15NowH3705 if ye be ready that at what timeH5732 ye hearH8086 the sound of the cornet, fluteH4953, harpH6460, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kindsH2178 of music, ye fallH5308 downH5308 and worship the imageH6755 which I have made, well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midstH1459 of a burning fiery furnaceH861; and who is that godH426 that shall deliverH7804 you out of my handsH3028? 16ShadrachH7715, MeshachH4336, and Abed-negoH5665 answered and saidH560 to the kingH4430, O NebuchadnezzarH5020, we have no need to answer thee in this matter. 17If it be so, our GodH426 whom we serve is ableH3202 to deliverH7804 us from the burning fiery furnaceH861; and he will deliverH7804 us out of thy handH3028, O kingH4430. 18But if not, be it knownH3046 unto thee, O kingH4430, that we will not serve thy godsH426, nor worship the golden imageH6755 which thou hast setH6966 up.

19ThenH116 was NebuchadnezzarH5020 full of fury, and the form of his visage was changedH8133 against ShadrachH7715, MeshachH4336, and Abed-negoH5665: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heatH228 the furnaceH861 sevenH7655 times more than it was wont to be heatedH228. 20And he commanded certain mighty menH1400 that were in his armyH2429 to bind ShadrachH7715, MeshachH4336, and Abed-negoH5665, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnaceH861. 21ThenH116 these menH1400 were bound in their hosen, their tunics, and their mantles, and their other garments, and were cast into the midstH1459 of the burning fiery furnaceH861. 22Therefore because the king’sH4430 commandment was urgent, and the furnaceH861 exceeding hot, the flame of the fireH5135 slew those menH1400 that took up ShadrachH7715, MeshachH4336, and Abed-negoH5665. 23And these threeH8532 menH1400, ShadrachH7715, MeshachH4336, and Abed-negoH5665, fellH5308 downH5308 bound into the midstH1459 of the burning fiery furnaceH861.