and conviction of God’s people, and God’s miraculous intervention in delivering them from the furnace, Nebuchadnezzar takes another step on his long journey to faith. Yet his statement in verse 28, praising the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and acknowledging their strength of faith, while sincere, is still some way from personal faith. Nebuchadnezzar’s decree in verse 29 is in stark contrast to the earlier decree in verses 4–6. Both are addressed to the peoples, nations and men of every language,