Daniel 3:8-13

English Standard Version

The Fiery Furnace

⁸ Therefore at that time certain ^(A)Chaldeans ^(B)came forward and maliciously accused the Jews. ⁹ They declared^[a] to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever! ¹⁰ You, O king, ^(C)have made a decree, that every man who ^(D)hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, ^(E)shall fall down and worship the golden image. ¹¹ And whoever does not fall down and worship ^(F)shall be cast into a burning fiery furnace. ¹² There are certain Jews whom you have ^(G)appointed over the affairs of ^(H)the province of Babylon: ^(I)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, ^(J)pay no attention to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar ^(K)in furious rage commanded that ^(L)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king.