3:19–22 Nebuchadnezzar was furious … his attitude toward them changed. The bold rhetoric and unrepentant attitude of the Judeans infuriates the king even further (cf. 3:13). Literally, the Aramaic reads, “and the image [tselem] of his face changed,” a subtle pun on the “image” he has set up for worship. Making the furnace as hot as possible from the bottom, while sending his strongest soldiers to the top (the furnace was probably adjacent to a hill), contrasts the irrational actions of Nebuchadnezzar