Daniel 3:14-27

14Nebuchadnezzar began speaking and said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that you do not serve 1my gods, nor worship the golden statue that I have set up? 15Now if you are ready, 2at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, 3lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe, and all kinds of musical instruments, to fall down and worship the statue that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will 4immediately be 5thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and 6what god is there who can rescue you from my hands?”

167Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego replied to the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we are not in need of an answer to give you concerning this matter. 17If it be so, our 8God whom we serve is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire; 9and 10He will rescue us from your hand, O king. 1811But even if He does not, 12let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods nor worship the golden statue that you have set up.”

19Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with 13wrath, and his facial expression was changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He answered 14by giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. 20And he ordered certain valiant warriors who were in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in order to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire. 21Then these men were tied up in their 15trousers, their 16coats, their caps, and their other clothes, and were thrown into the middle of the furnace of blazing fire. 22For this reason, because the king’s 17command was 18harsh and the furnace had been made extremely hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. 23But these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 19fell into the middle of the furnace of blazing fire still tied up.

24Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and stood up quickly; he said to his counselors, “Was it not three men that we threw bound into the middle of the fire?” They replied to the king, “Absolutely, O king.” 25He responded, “Look! I see four men untied and 20walking about in the middle of the fire 21unharmed, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the 22gods!” 26Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of blazing fire; he said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, come out, you servants of the 23Most High God, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego 24came out of the middle of the fire. 27The 25satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together and saw that the 26fire had no 27effect on 28the bodies of these men, nor was the hair of their heads singed, nor were their 2930trousers 31damaged, nor had even the smell of fire touched them.