Daniel 3
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Daniel 3:4-12

4Then the heraldH3744 loudlyH2429 proclaimedH7123: “To you 1the commandH560 isH560 givenH560, you 2peoplesH5972, nationsH524, and populations of all 3languagesH3961, 5that at the momentH5732 you 4hearH8086 the soundH7032 of the hornH7162, fluteH4953, 5lyreH7030, 6trigonH5443, 7psalteryH6460, bagpipeH5481, and allH3606 kindsH2178 of musicalH2170 instrumentsH2170, you are to fallH5308 downH5308 and worshipH5457 the goldenH1722 statueH6755 that NebuchadnezzarH5020 the kingH4430 has setH6966 upH6966. 6But whoeverH4479 does not fallH5308 downH5308 and worshipH5457 shall immediatelyH8160 be 8thrownH7412 into the middleH1459 of a 9furnaceH861 of blazingH3345 fireH5135.” 7ThereforeH6903H1836 as soonH2166 as allH3606 the peoplesH5972 heardH8086 the soundH7032 of the hornH7162, fluteH4953, 10lyreH7030, trigonH5443, psalteryH6460, 11bagpipeH5481, and allH3606 kindsH2178 of musicalH2170 instrumentsH2170, allH3606 the peoplesH5972, nationsH524, and populations of all 12languagesH3961 fellH5308 downH5308 and worshipedH5457 the goldenH1722 statueH6755 that NebuchadnezzarH5020 the kingH4430 had setH6966 upH6966.

8For thisH1836 reasonH6903 at that timeH2166 certainH1400 13ChaldeansH3779 cameH7127 forwardH7127 and 1415broughtH399 chargesH7170 againstH1768 the JewsH3062. 9They beganH6032 toH6032 speakH6032 and saidH560 to NebuchadnezzarH5020 the kingH4430: “16O kingH4430, liveH2418 foreverH5957! 10You, O kingH4430, have 17madeH7761 a decreeH2942 that everyH3606 personH606 whoH1768 hearsH8086 the soundH7032 of the hornH7162, fluteH4953, 18lyreH7030, trigonH5443, psalteryH6460, and bagpipeH5481, and allH3606 kindsH2178 of musicalH2170 instrumentsH2170, is to 19fallH5308 downH5308 and worshipH5457 the goldenH1722 statueH6755. 11But whoeverH4479 does not fallH5308 downH5308 and worshipH5457 shall be thrownH7412 into the middleH1459 of a furnaceH861 of blazingH3345 fireH5135. 12ThereH383 areH383 certainH1400 JewsH3062 whomH1768 you have 20appointedH4483 overH5922 the administrationH5673 of the provinceH4083 of BabylonH895, namely ShadrachH7715, MeshachH4336, and Abed-negoH5665. TheseH479 menH1400, O kingH4430, have disregardedH3809H7761H5922H2942 you; they do not serveH6399 your godsH426, norH3809 do they worshipH5457 the goldenH1722 statueH6755 whichH1768 you have setH6966 upH6966.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 3:4 Lit they command ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 3:4 Dan 3:7; 4:1; 6:25 ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 3:4 Lit tongues ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 3:5 Dan 3:7, 10, 15 ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 3:5 Or zither ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 3:5 I.e., triangular lyre ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 3:5 Or a type of harp ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 3:6 Dan 3:11, 15, 21; 6:7 ↩
  9. 9. Daniel 3:6 Jer 29:22; Ezek 22:18-22; Matt 13:42, 50; Rev 9:2; 14:11 ↩
  10. 10. Daniel 3:7 See notes v 5 ↩
  11. 11. Daniel 3:7 MT omits bagpipe ↩
  12. 12. Daniel 3:7 Lit tongues ↩
  13. 13. Daniel 3:8 Dan 2:2, 10; 4:7 ↩
  14. 14. Daniel 3:8 Lit ate the pieces of ↩
  15. 15. Daniel 3:8 Ezra 4:12-16; Esth 3:8, 9; Dan 6:12, 13 ↩
  16. 16. Daniel 3:9 Dan 2:4; 5:10; 6:6, 21 ↩
  17. 17. Daniel 3:10 Esth 3:12-14; Dan 3:4-6; 6:12 ↩
  18. 18. Daniel 3:10 See notes v 5 ↩
  19. 19. Daniel 3:10 Dan 3:5, 7, 15 ↩
  20. 20. Daniel 3:12 Dan 2:49 ↩

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