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    Daniel · 30 verses

    Daniel 3

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    The furnace is heated seven times hotter, kills the men who carry the prisoners, and leaves the prisoners walking about unbound, with their hair, clothes, and smell untouched.

    A monument with a musical summonsvv. 1–12

    Nebuchadnezzar sets up a golden statue on the plain of Dura, a thing sixty cubits high and six cubits wide—grandly tall, and with the proportions of a rather determined matchstick. Every official is summoned to its dedication, and the herald announces a wonderfully comprehensive orchestra: horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music. At the first note, every nation and language is to fall down, with the furnace waiting for anyone who declines. The crowd complies, but some astrologers come forward to accuse three Jews: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who serve neither the king’s gods nor his statue.

    The answer before the firevv. 13–23

    Nebuchadnezzar summons the three men in a fury and offers them one last performance: when the music plays, they may worship and all will be well. He ends with the splendidly formidable question, “Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?” They do not argue the point. Their God is able to deliver them, they say; and even if he does not, they will not serve the king’s gods or worship the statue. The furnace is ordered seven times hotter than usual. The mighty men tie up the three in their robes, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and carry them towards the fire. The flames kill the carriers, while the bound men fall in.

    A fourth figure in the flamesvv. 24–30

    Nebuchadnezzar jumps up and asks whether three men were not thrown into the fire. Certainly, say his advisers. Yet he sees four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods. The king calls the three servants out. The assembled officials inspect them: the fire has not touched their bodies, hair, robes, or even their smell. Nebuchadnezzar praises their God, who delivered servants willing to risk their lives rather than worship another god, then promptly issues a decree of his own: anyone who says anything offensive against that God is to be cut into pieces and have their house reduced to rubble. The three men are promoted in Babylon.

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    1. Dan 3:1King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

    2. Dan 3:2Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.

    3. Dan 3:3So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.

    4. Dan 3:4Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:

    5. Dan 3:5As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

    6. Dan 3:6And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”

    7. Dan 3:7Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

    8. Dan 3:8At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,

    9. Dan 3:9saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!

    10. Dan 3:10You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,

    11. Dan 3:11and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.

    12. Dan 3:12But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”

    13. Dan 3:13Then Nebuchadnezzar, furious with rage, summoned Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king,

    14. Dan 3:14and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden statue I have set up?

    15. Dan 3:15Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”

    16. Dan 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

    17. Dan 3:17If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.

    18. Dan 3:18But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”

    19. Dan 3:19At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,

    20. Dan 3:20and he commanded some mighty men of valor in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing fiery furnace.

    21. Dan 3:21So they were tied up, wearing robes, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and they were thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.

    22. Dan 3:22The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

    23. Dan 3:23And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, firmly bound, fell into the blazing fiery furnace.

    24. Dan 3:24Suddenly King Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and asked his advisers, “Did we not throw three men, firmly bound, into the fire?” “Certainly, O king,” they replied.

    25. Dan 3:25“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”

    26. Dan 3:26Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,

    27. Dan 3:27and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.

    28. Dan 3:28Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

    29. Dan 3:29Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”

    30. Dan 3:30Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

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    • 25Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
    • 17Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
    • 17Luke 1:37For no word from God will ever fail.”
    • 17Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
    • 17Psalms 27:1–2Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
    • 17Jeremiah 1:8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
    • 17Isaiah 26:3–4You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
    • 18Acts 5:29–32But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
    • 25Acts 28:5But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
    • 28Romans 14:7–8For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
    • 28Psalms 34:7–8The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
    • 17Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
    • 25Mark 16:18they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
    • 1Habakkuk 2:19Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
    • 17Daniel 6:20–22When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
    • 18Matthew 10:39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

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