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The Fiery Furnace

19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face was distorted. He ordered the furnace heated up seven times more than was customary

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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 in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought in, so they brought those men before the king.(A)

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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, too, will continue hostile to you: I myself will strike you sevenfold for your sins.(A)

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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 The proud, haughty person, named Scoffer,
    acts with arrogant pride.(A)

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

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28 I will continue hostile to you in fury; I in turn will punish you myself sevenfold 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, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.(A)

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

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Exhortation to Fearless Confession

“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body and after that can do nothing more.(A) But I will show you whom to fear: fear the one who, after killing, has authority[a] to cast into hell.[b] Yes, I tell you, fear that one!(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 12.5 Or power
  2. 12.5 Gk 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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Then the king’s face turned pale, and his thoughts terrified him. His limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.(A)

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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 a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.(A)
Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
    but who is able to stand before jealousy?

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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 wrath serves only to praise you,
    when you bind the last bit of your[a] wrath around you.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 76.10 Heb lacks your

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 your sitting
    and your going out and your coming in
    and your raging against me.
28 Because you have raged against me
    and your arrogance has come to my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
    and my bit in your mouth;
I will turn you back on the way
    by which you came.(A)

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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 Next he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.”(A) 34 Then he said, “Do it a second time,” and they did it a second time. Again he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it a third time, 35 so that the water ran all around the altar and filled the trench also with water.

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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 you continue hostile to me and will not obey me, I will continue to plague you sevenfold 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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