Daniel 3:18-25

English Standard Version

¹⁸ But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

¹⁹ Then Nebuchadnezzar was ^(A)filled with fury, and the expression of his face ^(B)was changed against ^(C)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated. ²⁰ And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army ^(D)to bind ^(E)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. ²¹ Then these men were ^(F)bound in their cloaks, their tunics,^[a] their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace. ²² Because the king's order was ^(G)urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up ^(H)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. ²³ And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell ^(I)bound into the burning fiery furnace.

²⁴ Then King Nebuchadnezzar was ^(J)astonished and rose up ^(K)in haste. He declared to his ^(L)counselors, “Did we not cast three men ^(M)bound into the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” ²⁵ He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, ^(N)walking in the midst of the fire, and they ^(O)are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like ^(P)a son of the gods.”