ASV_Strong : Daniel 3
1. Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430] made[H5648] an image[H6755] of gold[H1722], whose height[H7314] was threescore[H8361] cubits[H521], and the breadth[H6613] thereof six[H8353] cubits[H521]: he set it up[H6966] in the plain[H1236] of Dura[H1757], in the province[H4083] of Babylon[H895].
2. Then Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430] sent[H7972] to gather together[H3673] the satraps[H324], the deputies[H5460], and the governors[H6347], the judges[H148], the treasurers[H1411], the counsellors[H1884], the sheriffs[H8614], and all[H3606] the rulers[H7984] of the provinces[H4083], to come[H858] to the dedication[H2597] of the image[H6755] which Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430] had set up[H6966].
3. Then[H116] the satraps[H324], the deputies[H5460], and the governors[H6347], the judges[H148], the treasurers[H1411], the counsellors[H1884], the sheriffs[H8614], and all[H3606] the rulers[H7984] of the provinces[H4083], were gathered together[H3673] unto the dedication[H2597] of the image[H6755] that Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430] had set up[H6966]; and they stood[H6966] before[H6903] the image[H6755] that Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] had set up[H6966].
4. Then the herald[H3744] cried[H7123] aloud[H2429], To you it is commanded[H560], O peoples[H5972], nations[H524], and languages[H3961],
5. that at what time[H5732] ye hear[H8086] the sound[H7032] of the cornet[H7162], flute[H4953], harp[H7030], sackbut[H5443], psaltery[H6460], dulcimer[H5481], and all[H3606] kinds[H2178] of music[H2170], ye fall down[H5308] and worship[H5457] the golden[H1722] image[H6755] that Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430] hath set up[H6966];
6. and whoso[H4479] falleth[H5308] not[H3809] down[H5308] and worshippeth[H5457] shall the same hour[H8160] be cast[H7412] into the midst[H1459] of a burning[H3345] fiery[H5135] furnace[H861].
7. Therefore[H6903] at that time[H2166], when[H1768] all[H3606] the peoples[H5972] heard[H8086] the sound[H7032] of the cornet[H7162], flute[H4953], harp[H7030], sackbut[H5443], psaltery[H6460], and all[H3606] kinds[H2178] of music[H2170], all[H3606] the peoples[H5972], the nations[H524], and the languages[H3961], fell down[H5308] and worshipped[H5457] the golden[H1722] image[H6755] that Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430] had set up[H6966].
8. Wherefore[H6903] at that[H1836] time[H2166] certain[H1400] Chaldeans[H3779] came near[H7127], and brought accusation[H7170] against the Jews[H3062].
9. They answered[H6032] and said[H560] to Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430], O king[H4430], live[H2418] for ever[H5957].
10. Thou[H607], O king[H4430], hast made[H7761] a decree[H2942], that every[H3606] man[H606] that shall hear[H8086] the sound[H7032] of the cornet[H7162], flute[H4953], harp[H7030], sackbut[H5443], psaltery[H6460], and dulcimer[H5481], and all[H3606] kinds[H2178] of music[H2170], shall fall down[H5308] and worship[H5457] the golden[H1722] image[H6755];
11. and whoso[H4479] falleth[H5308] not[H3809] down[H5308] and worshippeth[H5457], shall be cast[H7412] into the midst[H1459] of a burning[H3345] fiery[H5135] furnace[H861].
12. There are[H383] certain[H1400] Jews[H3062] whom[H3487] thou hast appointed[H4483] over[H5922] the affairs[H5673] of the province[H4083] of Babylon[H895]: Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665]; these[H479] men[H1400], O king[H4430], have[H7761] not[H3809] regarded[H2942] thee[H5922]: they serve[H6399] not[H3809] thy gods[H426], nor[H3809] worship[H5457] the golden[H1722] image[H6755] which thou hast set up[H6966].
13. Then[H116] Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] in his rage[H7266] and fury[H2528] commanded[H560] to bring[H858] Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665]. Then[H116] they brought[H858] these[H479] men[H1400] before[H6925] the king[H4430].
14. Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] answered[H6032] and said[H560] unto them[H6656], Is it of purpose, O Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665], that ye[H383] serve[H6399] not[H3809] my god[H426], nor[H3809] worship[H5457] the golden[H1722] image[H6755] which I have set up[H6966]?
15. Now[H3705] if[H2006] ye be[H383] ready[H6263] that at what time[H5732] ye hear[H8086] the sound[H7032] of the cornet[H7162], flute[H4953], harp[H7030], sackbut[H5443], psaltery[H6460], and dulcimer[H5481], and all[H3606] kinds[H2178] of music[H2170], ye fall down[H5308] and worship[H5457] the image[H6755] which I have made[H5648], well[H2006]: but if ye worship[H5457] not[H3809], ye shall be cast[H7412] the same hour[H8160] into the midst[H1459] of a burning[H3345] fiery[H5135] furnace[H861]; and who[H4479] is that god[H426] that shall deliver[H7804] you out of[H4481] my hands[H3028]?
16. Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665] answered[H6032] and said[H560] to the king[H4430], O Nebuchadnezzar[H5020], we[H586] have no[H3809] need[H2818] to answer[H8421] thee in[H5922] this[H1836] matter[H6600].
17. If[H2006] it be so[H426], our God whom we[H586] serve[H6399] is[H383] able[H3202] to deliver[H7804] us from[H4481] the burning[H3345] fiery[H5135] furnace[H861]; and[H4481] he will deliver[H7804] us out of[H4481] thy hand[H3028], O king[H4430].
18. But if[H2006] not[H3809], be it[H1934] known[H3046] unto thee[H4430], O king, that we will[H383] not[H3809] serve[H6399] thy gods[H426], nor[H3809] worship[H5457] the golden[H1722] image[H6755] which thou hast set up[H6966].
19. Then[H116] was Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] full[H4391] of fury[H2528], and the form[H6755] of his visage[H600] was changed[H8133] against[H5922] Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665]: therefore he spake[H6032], and commanded[H560] that they should heat[H228] the furnace[H861, 2298] seven times[H7655] more[H5922] than[H1768] it was wont[H2370] to be heated[H228].
20. And he commanded[H560] certain[H2429] mighty[H1401] men[H1400] that were in his army[H2429] to bind[H3729] Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665], and to cast[H7412] them into the burning[H3345] fiery[H5135] furnace[H861].
21. Then[H116] these[H479] men[H1400] were bound[H3729] in their hosen[H6361], their tunics[H5622], and their mantles[H3737], and their other garments[H3831], and were cast[H7412] into the midst[H1459] of the burning[H3345] fiery[H5135] furnace[H861].
22. Therefore[H3606] because[H4481] the king[H4430]'s commandment[H4406] was urgent[H2685], and the furnace[H861] exceeding[H3493] hot[H228], the flame[H7631] of the fire[H5135] slew[H6992] those[H479] men[H1400] that took up[H5267] Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665].
23. And these[H479] three[H8532] men[H1400], Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665], fell down[H5308] bound[H3729] into the midst[H1459] of the burning[H3345] fiery[H5135] furnace[H861].
24. Then[H116] Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] the king[H4430] was astonished[H8429], and rose up[H6966] in haste[H927]: he spake[H6032] and said[H560] unto his counsellors[H1907], Did not[H3809] we cast[H7412] three[H8532] men[H1400] bound[H3729] into the midst[H1459] of the fire[H5135]? They answered[H6032] and said[H560] unto the king[H4430], True[H3330], O king[H4430].
25. He answered[H6032] and said[H560], Lo[H1888], I[H576] see[H2370] four[H703] men[H1400] loose[H8271], walking[H1981] in the midst[H1459] of the fire[H5135], and they have[H383] no[H3809] hurt[H2257]; and the aspect[H7299] of the fourth[H7244] is like[H1821] a son[H1247] of the gods[H426].
26. Then[H116] Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] came near[H7127] to the mouth[H8651] of the burning[H3345] fiery[H5135] furnace[H861]: he spake[H6032] and said[H560], Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665], ye servants[H5649] of the Most High[H5943] God[H426], come forth[H5312], and come[H858] hither[H116]. Then Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665] came forth[H5312] out of[H4481] the midst[H1459] of the fire[H5135].
27. And the satraps[H324], the deputies[H5460], and the governors[H6347], and the king[H4430]'s counsellors[H1907], being gathered together[H3673], saw[H2370] these[H479] men[H1400], that the fire[H5135] had no[H3809] power[H7981] upon their bodies[H1655], nor[H3809] was the hair[H8177] of their head[H7217] singed[H2761], neither[H3809] were their hosen[H5622] changed[H8133], nor[H3809] had the smell[H7382] of fire[H5135] passed on them[H5709].
28. Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] spake[H6032] and said[H560], Blessed[H1289] be the God[H426] of Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665], who hath sent[H7972] his angel[H4398], and delivered[H7804] his servants[H5649] that trusted[H7365] in him[H5922], and have changed[H8133] the king[H4430]'s word[H4406], and have yielded[H3052] their bodies[H1655], that they might not[H3809] serve[H6399] nor[H3809] worship[H5457] any[H3606] god[H426], except[H3861] their own God[H426].
29. Therefore I[H4481] make[H7761] a decree[H2942], that every[H3606] people[H5972], nation[H524], and language[H3961], which speak[H560] anything amiss[H7960] against[H5922] the God[H426] of Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665], shall be cut[H5648] in pieces[H1917], and their houses[H1005] shall be made[H7739] a dunghill[H5122]; because[H6903] there is[H383] no[H3809] other[H321] god[H426] that is[H383] able to deliver[H5338] after this sort[H1836].
30. Then[H116] the king[H4430] promoted[H6744] Shadrach[H7715], Meshach[H4336], and Abed-nego[H5665] in the province[H4083] of Babylon[H895].
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