Daniel 3:19–27

¹⁹Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, ^vand the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times more than was customary, ²⁰and he commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the furnace of blazing fire. ²¹So these men, in their trousers, robes, head coverings, ^wand other clothes, were tied up and thrown into the furnace of blazing fire. ²²Since the king’s command was so urgent ^xyand the furnace extremely hot, the raging flames ^zkilled those men who carried Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego up. ²³And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell, bound, into the furnace of blazing fire.

Delivered from the Fire

²⁴Then King Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in alarm. ^aHe said to his advisers, “Didn’t we throw three men, bound, into the fire?”

“Yes, of course, Your Majesty,” they replied to the king.

²⁵He exclaimed, “Look! I see four men, not tied, walking around in the fire unharmed; ^band the fourth looks like a son of the gods.” ^cd

²⁶Nebuchadnezzar then approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire and called: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God—come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire. ^e27When the satraps, prefects, governors, and the king’s advisers gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect ^fon ^gthe bodies of these men: not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them. ^h