Nebuchadnezzar: 14. It is reported to me that you, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, refuse to serve my gods and do not bow and worship the golden statue I had set up. Is that true?

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: 16. Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to defend our actions in this matter. We are ready for the test.

17. If you throw us into the blazing furnace, then the God we serve is able to rescue us from a furnace of blazing fire and release us from your power, Your Majesty.

18. But even if He does not, O king, you can be sure that we still will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden statue you erected.

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Nebuchadnezzar: 24...Didn’t we tie up and throw three men into the heart of the fire?

Advisors: Yes, O king.

Nebuchadnezzar:25. Then why do I see four men, completely unbound, walking around in the middle of the fire? They don’t appear to be hurt at all. And the fourth . . . he appears to be like a son of the gods.

26. Then Nebuchadnezzar moved as close to the door of the furnace as he dared without being scorched. He shouted over the roar of the blazing fire.

Nebuchadnezzar: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, servants of the Most High God, come out, right now. Come here! So the three men made their way out of the fiery furnace.

27. The officers, prefects, governors, and king’s advisors moved closer to see what had happened to these men. They, too, could hardly believe their eyes. The fire had done nothing to harm these men. Their hair was not singed. Their clothes were not scorched. They didn’t have the faintest smell of smoke on them.

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