Daniel 3:19-27

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁹ Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage,^(A) and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times more than was customary, ²⁰ and he commanded some of the best soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the furnace of blazing fire. ²¹ So these men, in their trousers, robes, head coverings,^[a] and other clothes, were tied up and thrown into the furnace of blazing fire. ²² Since the king’s command was so urgent^[b](B) and the furnace extremely hot, the raging flames^[c] killed those men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. ²³ And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell, bound, into the furnace of blazing fire.

Delivered from the Fire

²⁴ Then King Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in alarm.^(C) He said to his advisers, “Didn’t we throw three men, bound, into the fire?”

“Yes, of course, Your Majesty,” they replied to the king.

²⁵ He exclaimed, “Look! I see four men, not tied, walking around in the fire unharmed;^(D) and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”^[d](E)

²⁶ Nebuchadnezzar then approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire and called, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God—come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire.^{(F) 27} When the satraps, prefects, governors, and the king’s advisers gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect^(G) on^[e] 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.^(H)