<vn='1'><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="5648">made</s> an <sn="6755">image</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="1722">gold</s>, whose <sn="7314">height</s> was <sn="8361">threescore</s><sn="521">cubits</s>, and the <sn="6613">breadth</s> thereof <sn="8353">six</s><sn="521">cubits</s>: he set it <sn="6966">up</s> in the <sn="1236">plain</s> of <sn="1757">Dura</s>, in the <sn="4083">province</s> of <sn="895">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Then <sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="7972">sent</s> to gather <sn="3673">together</s> the <sn="324">princes</s>, the <sn="5460">governors</s>, and the <sn="6347">captains</s>, the <sn="148">judges</s>, the <sn="1411">treasurers</s>, the <sn="1884">counselors</s>, the <sn="8614">sheriffs</s>, and <sn="3606">all</s> the <sn="7984">rulers</s> of the <sn="4083">provinces</s>, to <sn="858">come</s> to the <sn="2597">dedication</s> of the <sn="6755">image</s><sn="1768">which</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> had set <sn="6966">up</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="116">Then</s> the <sn="324">princes</s>, the <sn="5460">governors</s>, and <sn="6347">captains</s>, the <sn="148">judges</s>, the <sn="1411">treasurers</s>, the <sn="1884">counselors</s>, the <sn="8614">sheriffs</s>, and <sn="3606">all</s> the <sn="7984">rulers</s> of the <sn="4083">provinces</s>, were gathered <sn="3673">together</s> unto the <sn="2597">dedication</s> of the <sn="6755">image</s><sn="1768">that</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> had set <sn="6966">up</s>; and they <sn="6966">stood</s><sn="6903">before</s> the <sn="6755">image</s><sn="1768">that</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> had set <sn="6966">up</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Then a <sn="3744">herald</s><sn="7123">cried</s><sn="2429">aloud</s>, To you it is <sn="560">commanded</s>, O <sn="5972">people</s>, <sn="524">nations</s>, and <sn="3961">languages</s>, </v>
<vn='5'> That at <sn="1768">what</s><sn="5732">time</s> ye <sn="8086">hear</s> the <sn="7032">sound</s> of the <sn="7162">cornet</s>, <sn="4953">flute</s>, <sn="7030">harp</s>, <sn="5443">sackbut</s>, <sn="6460">psaltery</s>, <sn="5481">dulcimer</s>, and <sn="3606">all</s><sn="2178">kinds</s> of <sn="2170">music</s>, ye fall <sn="5308">down</s> and <sn="5457">worship</s> the <sn="1722">golden</s><sn="6755">image</s><sn="1768">that</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> hath set <sn="6966">up</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="4479 1768">whoso</s> falleth not <sn="5308 3809">down</s> and <sn="5457">worshipeth</s> shall the same <sn="8160">hour</s> be <sn="7412">cast</s> into the <sn="1459">midst</s> of a <sn="3345">burning</s><sn="5135">fiery</s><sn="861">furnace</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3606 6903 1836">Therefore</s> at that <sn="2166">time</s>, <sn="1768">when</s><sn="3606">all</s> the <sn="5972">people</s><sn="8086">heard</s> the <sn="7032">sound</s> of the <sn="7162">cornet</s>, <sn="4953">flute</s>, <sn="7030">harp</s>, <sn="5443">sackbut</s>, <sn="6460">psaltery</s>, and <sn="3606">all</s><sn="2178">kinds</s> of <sn="2170">music</s>, <sn="3606">all</s> the <sn="5972">people</s>, the <sn="524">nations</s>, and the <sn="3961">languages</s>, fell <sn="5308">down</s> and <sn="5457">worshiped</s> the <sn="1722">golden</s><sn="6755">image</s><sn="1768">that</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> had set <sn="6966">up</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3606 6903 1836">Wherefore</s> at that <sn="2166">time</s><sn="1400">certain</s><sn="3779">Chaldeans</s> came <sn="7127">near</s>, and <sn="399 7170">accused</s> the <sn="1768 3062">Jews</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>They <sn="6032">spoke</s> and <sn="560">said</s> to the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s>, O <sn="4430">king</s>, <sn="2418">live</s><sn="5957">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="607">Thou</s>, O <sn="4430">king</s>, hast <sn="7761">made</s> a <sn="2942">decree</s>, <sn="1768">that</s><sn="3606">every</s><sn="606">man</s><sn="1768">that</s> shall <sn="8086">hear</s> the <sn="7032">sound</s> of the <sn="7162">cornet</s>, <sn="4953">flute</s>, <sn="7030">harp</s>, <sn="5443">sackbut</s>, <sn="6460">psaltery</s>, and <sn="5481">dulcimer</s>, and <sn="3606">all</s><sn="2178">kinds</s> of <sn="2170">music</s>, shall fall <sn="5308">down</s> and <sn="5457">worship</s> the <sn="1722">golden</s><sn="6755">image</s>: </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="4479 1768">whoso</s> falleth not <sn="5308 3809">down</s> and <sn="5457">worshipeth</s>, that he should be <sn="7412">cast</s> into the <sn="1459">midst</s> of a <sn="3345">burning</s><sn="5135">fiery</s><sn="861">furnace</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>There <sn="383">are</s><sn="1400">certain</s><sn="3062">Jews</s><sn="1768">whom</s> thou hast <sn="4483">set</s><sn="5922">over</s> the <sn="5673">affairs</s> of the <sn="4083">province</s> of <sn="895">Babylon</s>, <sn="7715">Shadrach</s>, <sn="4336">Meshach</s>, and <sn="5665">Abed</s> -nego; <sn="479">these</s><sn="1400">men</s>, O <sn="4430">king</s>, have <sn="3809">not</s><sn="7761 2942 5922">regarded</s> thee: they <sn="6399">serve</s><sn="3809">not</s> thy <sn="426">gods</s>, <sn="3809">nor</s><sn="5457">worship</s> the <sn="1722">golden</s><sn="6755">image</s><sn="1768">which</s> thou hast set <sn="6966">up</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="116">Then</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> in his <sn="7266">rage</s> and <sn="2528">fury</s><sn="560">commanded</s> to <sn="858">bring</s><sn="7715">Shadrach</s>, <sn="4336">Meshach</s>, and <sn="5665">Abed</s> -nego. <sn="116">Then</s> they <sn="858">brought</s><sn="479">these</s><sn="1400">men</s><sn="6925">before</s> the <sn="4430">king</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="6032">spoke</s> and <sn="560">said</s> unto them, Is it <sn="6656">true</s>, O <sn="7715">Shadrach</s>, <sn="4336">Meshach</s>, and <sn="5665">Abed</s> -nego, <sn="383">do</s><sn="3809">not</s> ye <sn="6399">serve</s> my <sn="426">gods</s>, <sn="3809">nor</s><sn="5457">worship</s> the <sn="1722">golden</s><sn="6755">image</s><sn="1768">which</s> I have set <sn="6966">up</s>? </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3705">Now</s><sn="2006">if</s> ye <sn="383">be</s><sn="6263">ready</s><sn="1768">that</s> at <sn="1768">what</s><sn="5732">time</s> ye <sn="8086">hear</s> the <sn="7032">sound</s> of the <sn="7162">cornet</s>, <sn="4953">flute</s>, <sn="7030">harp</s>, <sn="5443">sackbut</s>, <sn="6460">psaltery</s>, and <sn="5481">dulcimer</s>, and <sn="3606">all</s><sn="2178">kinds</s> of <sn="2170">music</s>, ye fall <sn="5308">down</s> and <sn="5457">worship</s> the <sn="6755">image</s><sn="1768">which</s> I have <sn="5648">made</s>; well: but <sn="2006">if</s> ye <sn="5457">worship</s><sn="3809">not</s>, ye shall be <sn="7412">cast</s> the same <sn="8160">hour</s> into the <sn="1459">midst</s> of a <sn="3345">burning</s><sn="5135">fiery</s><sn="861">furnace</s>; and <sn="4479">who</s> is <sn="1932">that</s><sn="426">God</s><sn="1768">that</s> shall <sn="7804">deliver</s> you out <sn="4481">of</s> my <sn="3028">hands</s>? </v>
<vn='16'><sn="7715">Shadrach</s>, <sn="4336">Meshach</s>, and <sn="5665">Abed</s> -nego, <sn="6032">answered</s> and <sn="560">said</s> to the <sn="4430">king</s>, O <sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s>, <sn="586">we</s> are <sn="3809">not</s><sn="2818">careful</s> to <sn="8421">answer</s> thee <sn="5922">in</s><sn="1836">this</s><sn="6600">matter</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="2006">If</s> it <sn="383">be</s> so, our <sn="426">God</s><sn="1768">whom</s><sn="586">we</s><sn="6399">serve</s> is <sn="3202">able</s> to <sn="7804">deliver</s> us <sn="4481">from</s> the <sn="3345">burning</s><sn="5135">fiery</s><sn="861">furnace</s>, and he will <sn="7804">deliver</s> us out <sn="4481">of</s> thine <sn="3028">hand</s>, O <sn="4430">king</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>But <sn="2006">if</s><sn="3809">not</s>, <sn="1934">be</s> it <sn="3046">known</s> unto thee, O <sn="4430">king</s>, <sn="1768">that</s> we <sn="383">will</s><sn="3809">not</s><sn="6399">serve</s> thy <sn="426">gods</s>, <sn="3809">nor</s><sn="5457">worship</s> the <sn="1722">golden</s><sn="6755">image</s><sn="1768">which</s> thou hast set <sn="6966">up</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="116">Then</s> was <sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4391">full</s> of <sn="2528">fury</s>, and the <sn="6755">form</s> of his <sn="600">visage</s> was <sn="8133">changed</s><sn="5922">against</s><sn="7715">Shadrach</s>, <sn="4336">Meshach</s>, and <sn="5665">Abed</s> -nego: therefore he <sn="6032">spoke</s>, and <sn="560">commanded</s> that they should <sn="228">heat</s> the <sn="861">furnace</s><sn="2298">one</s> seven <sn="7655">times</s><sn="5922">more</s><sn="1768">than</s> it was <sn="2370">wont</s> to be <sn="228">heated</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And he <sn="560">commanded</s> the most <sn="1401 2429">mighty</s><sn="1400">men</s><sn="1768">that</s> were in his <sn="2429">army</s> to <sn="3729">bind</s><sn="7715">Shadrach</s>, <sn="4336">Meshach</s>, and <sn="5665">Abed</s> -nego, and to <sn="7412">cast</s> them into the <sn="3345">burning</s><sn="5135">fiery</s><sn="861">furnace</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="116">Then</s><sn="479">these</s><sn="1400">men</s> were <sn="3729">bound</s> in their <sn="5622">coats</s>, their <sn="6361">hosen</s>, and their <sn="3737">hats</s>, and their other <sn="3831">garments</s>, and were <sn="7412">cast</s> into the <sn="1459">midst</s> of the <sn="3345">burning</s><sn="5135">fiery</s><sn="861">furnace</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3606 6903 1836">Therefore</s><sn="4481 1768">because</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> 's <sn="4406">commandment</s> was <sn="2685">urgent</s>, and the <sn="861">furnace</s><sn="3493">exceeding</s><sn="228">hot</s>, the <sn="7631">flame</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="5135">fire</s><sn="6992">slew</s><sn="479">those</s><sn="1400">men</s><sn="1768">that</s> took <sn="5267">up</s><sn="7715">Shadrach</s>, <sn="4336">Meshach</s>, and <sn="5665">Abed</s> -nego. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="479">these</s><sn="8532">three</s><sn="1400">men</s>, <sn="7715">Shadrach</s>, <sn="4336">Meshach</s>, and <sn="5665">Abed</s> -nego, fell <sn="5308">down</s><sn="3729">bound</s> into the <sn="1459">midst</s> of the <sn="3345">burning</s><sn="5135">fiery</s><sn="861">furnace</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="116">Then</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> was <sn="8429">astonished</s>, and rose <sn="6966">up</s> in <sn="927">haste</s>, and <sn="6032">spoke</s>, and <sn="560">said</s> unto his <sn="1907">counselors</s>, Did <sn="3809">not</s> we <sn="7412">cast</s><sn="8532">three</s><sn="1400">men</s><sn="3729">bound</s> into the <sn="1459">midst</s> of the <sn="5135">fire</s>? They <sn="6032">answered</s> and <sn="560">said</s> unto the <sn="4430">king</s>, <sn="3330">True</s>, O <sn="4430">king</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>He <sn="6032">answered</s> and <sn="560">said</s>, <sn="1888">Lo</s>, <sn="576">I</s><sn="2370">see</s><sn="703">four</s><sn="1400">men</s><sn="8271">loose</s>, <sn="1981">walking</s> in the <sn="1459">midst</s> of the <sn="5135">fire</s>, and they <sn="383">have</s><sn="3809">no</s><sn="2257">hurt</s>; and the <sn="7299">form</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="7244">fourth</s> is <sn="1821">like</s> the <sn="1247">Son</s> of <sn="426">God</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="116">Then</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> came <sn="7127">near</s> to the <sn="8651">mouth</s> of the <sn="3345">burning</s><sn="5135">fiery</s><sn="861">furnace</s>, and <sn="6032">spoke</s>, and <sn="560">said</s>, <sn="7715">Shadrach</s>, <sn="4336">Meshach</s>, and <sn="5665">Abed</s> -nego, ye <sn="5649">servants</s><sn="1768">of</s> the most <sn="5943">high</s><sn="426">God</s>, come <sn="5312">forth</s>, and <sn="858">come</s> hither. <sn="116">Then</s><sn="7715">Shadrach</s>, <sn="4336">Meshach</s>, and <sn="5665">Abed</s> -nego, came <sn="5312">forth</s><sn="4481">of</s> the <sn="1459">midst</s> of the <sn="5135">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And the <sn="324">princes</s>, <sn="5460">governors</s>, and <sn="6347">captains</s>, and the <sn="4430">king</s> 's <sn="1907">counselors</s>, being gathered <sn="3673">together</s>, <sn="2370">saw</s><sn="479">these</s><sn="1400">men</s>, upon <sn="1768">whose</s><sn="1655">bodies</s> the <sn="5135">fire</s> had no <sn="7981 3809">power</s>, <sn="3809">nor</s> was a <sn="8177">hair</s> of their <sn="7217">head</s><sn="2761">singed</s>, <sn="3809">neither</s> were their <sn="5622">coats</s><sn="8133">changed</s>, <sn="3809">nor</s> the <sn="7382">smell</s> of <sn="5135">fire</s> had <sn="5709">passed</s> on them. </v>
<vn='28'> Then <sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="6032">spoke</s>, and <sn="560">said</s>, <sn="1289">Blessed</s> be the <sn="426">God</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="7715">Shadrach</s>, <sn="4336">Meshach</s>, and <sn="5665">Abed</s> -nego, <sn="1768">who</s> hath <sn="7972">sent</s> his <sn="4398">angel</s>, and <sn="7804">delivered</s> his <sn="5649">servants</s><sn="1768">that</s><sn="7365">trusted</s><sn="5922">in</s> him, and have <sn="8133">changed</s> the <sn="4430">king</s> 's <sn="4406">word</s>, and <sn="3052">yielded</s> their <sn="1655">bodies</s>, <sn="1768">that</s> they might <sn="3809">not</s><sn="6399">serve</s><sn="3809">nor</s><sn="5457">worship</s><sn="3606">any</s><sn="426">god</s>, <sn="3861">except</s> their own <sn="426">God</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>Therefore I <sn="4481 7761">make</s> a <sn="2942">decree</s>, <sn="1768">That</s><sn="3606">every</s><sn="5972">people</s>, <sn="524">nation</s>, and <sn="3961">language</s>, <sn="1768">which</s><sn="560">speak</s> any thing <sn="7955">amiss</s><sn="5922">against</s> the <sn="426">God</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="7715">Shadrach</s>, <sn="4336">Meshach</s>, and <sn="5665">Abed</s> -nego, shall be <sn="5648">cut</s> in <sn="1917">pieces</s>, and their <sn="1005">houses</s> shall be <sn="7739">made</s> a <sn="5122">dunghill</s>: <sn="3606 6903 1768">because</s> there <sn="383">is</s><sn="3809">no</s><sn="321">other</s><sn="426">God</s><sn="1768">that</s><sn="3202">can</s><sn="5338">deliver</s> after this <sn="1836">sort</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="116">Then</s> the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="6744">promoted</s><sn="7715">Shadrach</s>, <sn="4336">Meshach</s>, and <sn="5665">Abed</s> -nego, in the <sn="4083">province</s> of <sn="895">Babylon</s>. </v>