¹⁴ But as for me, here I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.

⁵ King Zedekiah said, “Here he is; he is in your hands, for the king is powerless against you.”^(A)

²⁵ And now we are in your hand: do as it seems good and right in your sight to do to us.”^(A)

²⁶ But if he says, ‘I take no pleasure in you,’ here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.”^(A)

¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to present a defense to you in this matter.