3/23/2023 0 Comments Daniel bible study![]() ![]() ![]() To an unjust king, the worst in all the world.ģ4For your name’s sake, do not deliver us up forever, Nor have we done as you ordered us for our good.ģ1Therefore all you have brought upon us,ģ2You have handed us over to our enemies, * 24They walked about in the flames, singing to God and blessing the Lord.Ģ5Azariah * stood up in the midst of the fire and prayed aloud:Īll your deeds are faultless, all your ways right,Īnd upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our ancestors.īy a proper judgment you have done all thisģ0Your commandments we have not heeded or observed, ![]() So huge a fire was kindled in the furnace that the flames devoured the men who threw Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into it.Ģ3But these three fell, bound, into the midst of the white-hot furnace. He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times more than usualĢ0and had some of the strongest men in his army bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and cast them into the white-hot furnace.Ģ1They were bound and cast into the white-hot furnace with their trousers, shirts, hats and other garments,Ģ2for the king’s order was urgent. 1King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue made, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, which he set up in the plain of Dura * in the province of Babylon.ĢHe then ordered the satraps, * prefects, and governors, the counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the officials of the provinces to be summoned to the dedication of the statue which he had set up.ģThe satraps, prefects, and governors, the counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the officials of the provinces came together for the dedication and stood before the statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.ĤA herald cried out: “Nations and peoples of every language,ĥ * when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, you must fall down and worship the golden statue which King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.ĦWhoever does not fall down and worship shall be instantly cast into a white-hot furnace.”ħTherefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, the nations and peoples of every language all fell down and worshiped the golden statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.ĨAt that point, some of the Chaldeans came and accused the Jewsĩto King Nebuchadnezzar: “O king, live forever!ġ0O king, you issued a decree that everyone who heard the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, and double-flute, and all the other musical instruments should fall down and worship the golden statue ġ1whoever did not was to be cast into a white-hot furnace.ġ2There are certain Jews whom you have made administrators of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego these men, O king, have paid no attention to you they will not serve your god or worship the golden statue which you set up.”ġ3Nebuchadnezzar flew into a rage and sent for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who were promptly brought before the king.ġ4King Nebuchadnezzar questioned them: “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you will not serve my god, or worship the golden statue that I set up?ġ5Now, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I made, whenever you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, then all will be well * if not, you shall be instantly cast into the white-hot furnace and who is the God who can deliver you out of my hands?”ġ6Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “There is no need for us to defend ourselves before you in this matter.ġ7If our God, whom we serve, can save us * from the white-hot furnace and from your hands, O king, may he save us!ġ8But even if he will not, you should know, O king, that we will not serve your god or worship the golden statue which you set up.”ġ9Nebuchadnezzar’s face became livid with utter rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. ![]()
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