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3 Nebuchadnezzar once made a golden image, ninety feet high and nine feet broad, which he erected on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2 Then king Nebuchadnezzar sent and summoned the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the councillors, the judges, the treasurers, the authorities, and all the officials of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which king Nebuchadnezzar had erected. 3 And when the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the councillors, the judges, the treasurers, the authorities, and all the officials of the provinces, had gathered to the dedication of the image which king Nebuchadnezzar had erected, standing in front of the image which Nebuchadnezzar had erected, 4 the herald shouted, “O races, nations, folk of every tongue, your orders are, 5 whenever you hear all the music of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the harp, the lute, and the bagpipes, you must fall down and bow before the golden image which king Nebuchadnezzar has erected: 6 anyone who does not fall down and bow shall instantly be flung into a burning furnace.” 7 So, whenever the people heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the harp, the lute, and all the rest of the music, all races, nations, and folk of every tongue, fell down and bowed before the golden image which king Nebuchadnezzar had erected.
8 Whereupon some diviners came forward with a malicious accusation against the Jews. 9 They said to king Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live for ever! 10 You have decreed, O king, that every man who hears the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the harp, the lute, the bagpipes, and all the rest of the music, must fall down and bow before the golden image, 11 and that anyone who does not fall down and bow shall be flung into a burning furnace. 12 Now there are some Jews whom you have put in charge of the business of the province of Babylon, Shadrak, Meshak, Abednego; these men have paid no heed to you, O king; they do not serve your gods, and they do not bow before the golden image which you have erected.”
13 In rage and fury Nebuchadnezzar ordered Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednego to be brought. And when they were brought before the king, 14 Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is this true, Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednego? Do you not serve my god? do you not bow before the golden image which I have erected? 15 If you are ready, whenever you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the harp, the lute, the bagpipes, and all the rest of the music, ready to fall down and bow before the image I have made, well and good; but if you will not bow down, you shall instantly be flung into a burning furnace. And where is the god who can save you from my power?” 16 Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednego answered the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we need not say a word in answer to that question. 17 There is a God able to save us, the God whom we serve, able to save us from the burning furnace and from your power, O king. 18 But even if he does not, understand this, O king, we will not serve your gods, and we will not bow down before the golden image which you have erected.”
19 At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, his face was distorted with rage, against Shadrak, Meshak. and Abednego; he gave orders that the furnace should be heated seven times as hot as usual, 20 and ordered some powerful soldiers to bind Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednego, and fling them into the burning furnace.
21 They were bound in their mantles, their trousers, their turbans, and their other clothes, and flung into the burning furnace; 22 indeed, so urgent were the king’s orders and so hot was the furnace, that the flames killed the men who lifted Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednego. 23 But Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednego, the three of them, dropped bound into the middle of the burning furnace. 24 Then king Nebuchadnezzar became alarmed. He started up hurriedly and asked his ministers of state, “Was it not three men that we flung bound into the middle of the fire?” They answered the king, “That is so, O king.” 25 And he replied, “But I see four men quite free, walking in the middle of the fire, unscathed! The appearance of the fourth is like an angel!”
26 So Nebuchadnezzar went towards the door of the burning furnace, calling, “Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come out, come here!” 27 So Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednego came out of the fire; and when the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s ministers of state gathered round, they saw that the fire had had no effect upon their bodies, their hair had not been singed, their mantles had not been damaged, and there was no smell of burning about them. 28 Nebuchadnezzar said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednego! He has sent his angel to save his servants who trusted in him, who frustrated the king’s word and surrendered their bodies to avoid serving or bowing before any god except their own God. 29 Hence I pass a decree that any race or nation or folk of any tongue which says a word against the God of Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednego, shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; for there is no other god who is able to save in this way.” 30 Then the king promoted Shadrak, Meshak, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.