Daniel 3

1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits ¹ and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. ‡ Hab 2:19Jer 16:20Isa 46:6Hos 8:4Act 17:29Act 19:26Isa 40:19-31Psa 135:15 +172 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ‡ Dan 3:271Ki 12:32Dan 6:1-4Dan 6:6-7Exo 32:4-6Jdg 16:23Num 25:2Pro 29:12 +13 Then the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. ‡ Rev 17:17Rev 17:13Rev 13:13-161Co 1:24-26Act 19:34-35Psa 82:1-8Rom 1:21-28Rom 3:11

4 Then the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages, ‡ Dan 4:1Dan 6:25Mic 6:16Dan 4:14Est 8:9Hos 5:11Isa 40:9Isa 58:1 +15 that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. ‡ Dan 3:15Dan 3:10Dan 3:7 6 Whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace the same hour.” ‡ Mat 13:42Mat 13:50Jer 29:22Dan 3:11Dan 3:15Ezk 22:18-22Rev 14:11Rev 9:2 +10

7 Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ‡ 1Jn 5:19Jer 51:7Rev 12:9Rev 13:14Rev 13:3Rev 13:8Rev 17:8Rev 19:20 +1

8 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near and brought accusation against the Jews. ‡ Ezr 4:12-16Dan 6:12-13Est 3:8-91Pe 4:3-4Act 16:20-22Act 17:6-8Act 28:22Dan 2:10 +19 They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, “O king, live for ever! ‡ Dan 5:10Dan 6:6Dan 2:4Dan 6:21Dan 3:4-5Rom 13:7 10 You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music shall fall down and worship the golden image; ‡ Dan 3:4-7Dan 6:12Est 3:12-141Ch 15:161Ch 15:281Ch 16:5-61Ch 25:1-62Ch 29:25 +1511 and whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. 12 There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have not respected you. They don’t serve your gods, and don’t worship the golden image which you have set up.” ‡ Dan 6:13Dan 2:49Act 17:7Pro 27:41Sa 18:7-11Act 5:28Ecc 4:4Est 3:8

13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. Then these men were brought before the king. ‡ Dan 3:19Dan 2:12Est 3:5-61Sa 20:30-33Act 24:24Act 5:25-27Gen 4:5Luk 21:12 +614 Nebuchadnezzar answered them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t serve my gods and you don’t worship the golden image which I have set up? ‡ Jer 50:2Dan 3:1Isa 46:1Dan 4:8Exo 21:13-14 15 Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, good; but if you don’t worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. Who is that god who will deliver you out of my hands?” ‡ Act 5:292Ch 32:15-17Dan 3:172Ki 18:35Exo 5:2Act 4:8-12Isa 36:18-20Act 4:19 +15

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. ‡ Dan 1:7Dan 3:12 17 If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. ‡ Rom 8:31Luk 1:37Heb 7:25Psa 27:1-2Isa 26:3-4Jer 1:8Act 21:13Dan 6:20-22 +1718 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.” ‡ Act 5:29-32Mat 10:39Rev 2:10-11Luk 12:3-9Mat 10:32-33Act 4:10-13Rev 12:11Dan 3:28 +9

19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. ‡ Dan 3:13Lev 26:24Lev 26:28Pro 21:241Ki 18:33-352Ki 19:27-28Act 5:33Dan 5:6 +1520 He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. ‡ Act 16:23Act 16:25Dan 3:15Act 12:4-5 21 Then these men were bound in their pants, their tunics, and their mantles, and their other clothes, and were cast into the middle of the burning fiery furnace. 22 Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. ‡ Pro 11:8Pro 21:18Act 12:19Dan 2:15Dan 6:24Exo 12:33Mat 27:5Zec 12:2-3 +123 These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the middle of the burning fiery furnace. ‡ Dan 6:16-17Jer 38:6Psa 124:1-5Psa 34:19Psa 66:11-121Pe 4:12-132Co 1:8-102Co 4:17 +1

24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished and rose up in haste. He spoke and said to his counselors, “Didn’t we cast three men bound into the middle of the fire?” ‡ Dan 6:22Dan 6:71Sa 17:55Act 12:13Act 26:13Act 26:27Act 5:23-25Act 9:6 +7

They answered the king, “True, O king.”

25 He answered, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are unharmed. The appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods. ²” ‡ Isa 43:2Act 28:5Mrk 16:18Psa 91:3-9Job 1:6Psa 34:71Pe 3:13Dan 3:28 +6

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace. He spoke and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!” ‡ Dan 3:17Dan 4:2Isa 52:12Rev 19:5Act 16:17Dan 2:47Gal 1:10Gen 14:18 +8

Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the middle of the fire. 27 The local governors, the deputies, and the governors, and the king’s counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies. The hair of their head wasn’t singed. Their pants weren’t changed. The smell of fire wasn’t even on them. ‡ Isa 43:2Heb 11:34Isa 26:11Act 27:34Luk 21:17-18Mat 10:30Psa 83:181Sa 17:46-47 +6

28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God. ‡ Rom 14:7-8Psa 34:7-8Psa 84:11-12Exo 20:5Rev 12:11Psa 22:4-5Psa 147:11Rom 12:1 +3329 Therefore I make a decree that every people, nation, and language which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other god who is able to deliver like this.” ‡ Dan 2:5Dan 6:26-27Deu 32:31Psa 76:10Dan 3:15Dan 3:17Dan 3:28Ezr 6:11 +1

30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon. ‡ 1Sa 2:30Dan 2:49Dan 3:12Jhn 12:26Psa 1:3Psa 91:14Rom 8:31