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The Blazing Furnace

19 Nebuchadnezzar was so furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face became distorted with rage. He commanded that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usual.

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19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven(A) times hotter than usual

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13 Then Nebuchadnezzar flew into a rage and ordered that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought before him. When they were brought in,

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13 Furious(A) with rage, Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king,

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24 then I myself will be hostile toward you. I will personally strike you with calamity seven times over for your sins.

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24 I myself will be hostile(A) toward you and will afflict you for your sins seven times over.

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24 Mockers are proud and haughty;
    they act with boundless arrogance.

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24 The proud and arrogant person(A)—“Mocker” is his name—
    behaves with insolent fury.

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28 then I will give full vent to my hostility. I myself will punish you seven times over for your sins.

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28 then in my anger(A) I will be hostile(B) toward you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over.(C)

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33 When they heard this, the high council was furious and decided to kill them.

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33 When they heard this, they were furious(A) and wanted to put them to death.

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“Dear friends, don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that. But I’ll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill you and then throw you into hell.[a] Yes, he’s the one to fear.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:5 Greek Gehenna.

“I tell you, my friends,(A) do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.(B)

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and his face turned pale with fright. His knees knocked together in fear and his legs gave way beneath him.

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His face turned pale(A) and he was so frightened(B) that his legs became weak(C) and his knees were knocking.(D)

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A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
    but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.

Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood,
    but jealousy is even more dangerous.

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Stone is heavy and sand(A) a burden,
    but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,
    but who can stand before jealousy?(B)

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10 Human defiance only enhances your glory,
    for you use it as a weapon.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 76:10 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

10 Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise,(A)
    and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 76:10 Or Surely the wrath of mankind brings you praise, / and with the remainder of wrath you arm yourself

27 “But I know you well—
    where you stay
and when you come and go.
    I know the way you have raged against me.
28 And because of your raging against me
    and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself,
I will put my hook in your nose
    and my bit in your mouth.
I will make you return
    by the same road on which you came.”

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27 “‘But I know(A) where you are
    and when you come and go
    and how you rage against me.
28 Because you rage against me
    and because your insolence has reached my ears,
I will put my hook(B) in your nose
    and my bit(C) in your mouth,
and I will make you return(D)
    by the way you came.’

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33 He piled wood on the altar, cut the bull into pieces, and laid the pieces on the wood.[a]

Then he said, “Fill four large jars with water, and pour the water over the offering and the wood.”

34 After they had done this, he said, “Do the same thing again!” And when they were finished, he said, “Now do it a third time!” So they did as he said, 35 and the water ran around the altar and even filled the trench.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:33 Verse 18:34 in the Hebrew text begins here.

33 He arranged(A) the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.”

34 “Do it again,” he said, and they did it again.

“Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third time. 35 The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.

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21 “If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey me, I will inflict disaster on you seven times over for your sins.

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21 “‘If you remain hostile(A) toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over,(B) as your sins deserve.

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