Dan 3 | ABEn | STEP | Nebuchadnezzar the king made [ 2 image 1 a gold]. Its height -- [ 2 cubits 1 sixty], its breadth -- [ 2 cubits 1 six], and he stationed it in the plain of Dura, in the region of Babylon.

Daniel 3

CHAPTER 3 Dedication of the Image of Gold

1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made [²image ¹a gold]. Its height -- [²cubits ¹sixty], its breadth -- [²cubits ¹six], and he stationed it in the plain of Dura, in the region of Babylon. 2 And he sent to gather together the supreme leaders, and the commandants, and the toparchs, leaders, and sovereigns, and the ones in authorities, and all the rulers of the regions, to come unto the holidays of dedication of the image which [⁴stationed ¹Nebuchadnezzar ²the ³king]. 3 And gathered together the toparchs, supreme leaders, commandants, leaders, sovereigns, great ones, the ones in authorities, and all the rulers of the regions, to the dedication of the image which [⁴stationed ¹Nebuchadnezzar ²the ³king]. And they stood before the image which Nebuchadnezzar stationed. 4 And the herald yelled in strength, To you it is spoken, O nations, peoples, tribes, languages, 5 in which ever hour you should hear a sound of a trumpet, even flute, and harp, even sambuke and psaltery, and every harmony of sound of kinds of music -- falling, you shall do obeisance to the image of gold which [⁴stationed ¹Nebuchadnezzar ²the ³king]. 6 And who ever should not fall to do obeisance, in that same hour they shall be put into the [²furnace ³of fire ¹burning]. 7 And it came to pass when [³heard ¹the ²peoples] the sound of the trumpet, even flute and harp, even sambuke and psaltery, and every kind of music, falling down the peoples, tribes, languages, did obeisance to the image of gold which [⁴stationed ¹Nebuchadnezzar ²the ³king]. 8 Then [³came forward ²men ¹Chaldean], and they accused the Jews. And undertaking, they said [³Nebuchadnezzar ¹to ²king], 9 O king, [²into ³the ⁴eons ¹live]! 10 You O king established a decree, Every man who ever should hear the sound of the trumpet, even flute and harp, even sambuke and psaltery, and harmony of sound, and every kind of music, 11 and should not fall to do obeisance to the image in gold, shall be put into the [²furnace ³of fire ¹burning].

Three Jews Refuse to Bow

12 There are men Jews whom you placed over the works of the region of Babylon -- Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-nego. These men obeyed not, O king, your decree, and your gods they serve not, and to the image of gold which you stationed they do not do obeisance to. 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and anger said to lead in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. And they led them before the king. 14 And Nebuchadnezzar responded and said to them, Is it truly, Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-nego, to my gods you serve not, and to the image in gold which I stationed, you do not do obeisance to? 15 Now then if it suffices readily that as whenever you should hear the sound of the trumpet, also flute and harp, also sambuke and psaltery, and harmony of sound, and every kind of music, falling you should do obeisance to the image which I made -- good. And if you should not do obeisance this hour, you shall be put into the [²furnace ³of fire ¹burning]; and who is God who shall rescue you from out of my hands? 16 And answered Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, saying to king Nebuchadnezzar, [³no ⁴need ²have ¹We] concerning this matter to answer to you. 17 [⁹is ¹For ³God ²our ⁴in ⁵the heavens ⁶in whom ⁷we ⁸serve] able to rescue us from out of the [²furnace ³of fire ¹burning]. And from out of your hands, O king, he shall rescue us. 18 But if not, [²made known ¹let it be] to you, O king! that your gods we will not serve, and to the [²image ¹golden] which you stationed, we will not do obeisance to. 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled of rage, and the appearance of his face changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. And he said to burn the furnace seven-fold until which [²to ³the end ¹it should burn]. 20 And [³men ²strong ⁴of strength ¹he told] shackling Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, to cast them into the [²furnace ³fire ¹burning]. 21 Then those men were shackled with their pantaloons, and tiaras, and leggings, and their garments. And they were thrown into the midst of the [²furnace ³of fire ¹burning], 22 since the saying of the king excelled, and the furnace burned away over even extra seven-fold. 23 And these three -- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell into the midst of the [²furnace ³of fire ¹burning], being shackled. 24 And Nebuchadnezzar heard their praising. And he wondered, and rose up in haste, and said to his great men, Was it not [²men ¹three] we threw into the midst of the fire being shackled? And they said to the king, Truly, O king. 25 And [²said ¹the king], Here, I see [²men ¹four] being loose and walking in the midst of the fire, and [²no corruption ¹there is] to them, and the vision of the fourth is likened to son of God. 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came forward to the door of the [²furnace ³of fire ¹burning], and he said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, O servants of God the highest, come forth and come! And came forth Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego from out of the midst of the fire. 27 And [³were brought together ¹the ²satraps], and the commandants, and the toparchs, and the mighty ones of the king. And they viewed the men, for [³did not ⁴dominate over ¹the ²fire] their body, and the hair of their head was not ablaze, and their pantaloons did not change, and the scent of fire was not on them. 28 And [³did obeisance ⁴before ⁵them ¹the ²king] to the lord. And [⁴responded ¹Nebuchadnezzar ²the ³king], and he said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who sent his angel, and rescued his servants, for they relied upon him. And the word of the king they changed, and they delivered up their bodies unto fire so that they should not serve nor do obeisance to any god except their God. 29 And I display a decree, Every people, tribe, language, which ever should speak blasphemy against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-nego, [²for ³destruction ¹shall be], and their houses for ravaging, in so far as there is no [²God ¹other] who shall be able to rescue thus. 30 Then the king prospered Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-nego in the region of Babylon.