Daniel 3:23–30

²³And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, have fallen down in the midst of the burning fiery furnace—bound. ²⁴Then Nebuchadnezzar the king hath been astonished, and hath risen in haste; he hath answered and said to his counsellors, ‘Have we not cast three men into the midst of the fire—bound?’ They have answered and are saying to the king, ‘Certainly, O king.’ ²⁵He answered and hath said, ‘Lo, I am seeing four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like to a son of the gods.’ ²⁶Then Nebuchadnezzar hath drawn near to the gate of the burning fiery furnace; he hath answered and said, ‘Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of God Most High come forth, yea, come;’ then come forth do Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, from the midst of the fire; ²⁷and gathered together, the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the counsellors of the king, are seeing these men, that the fire hath no power over their bodies, and the hair of their head hath not been singed, and their coats have not changed, and the smell of fire hath not passed on them.

²⁸Nebuchadnezzar hath answered and hath said, ‘Blessed is the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who hath sent His messenger, and hath delivered His servants who trusted on Him, and the word of the king changed, and gave up their bodies that they might not serve nor do obeisance to any god except to their own God. ²⁹And by me a decree is made, that any people, nation, and language, that doth speak erroneously concerning the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, pieces he is made, and its house is made a dunghill, because that there is no other god who is able thus to deliver.’ ³⁰Then the king hath caused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, to prosper in the province of Babylon.

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