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15 Now, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I made, whenever you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, then all will be well;[a] if not, you shall be instantly cast into the white-hot furnace; and who is the God who can deliver you out of my hands?” 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “There is no need for us to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If our God, whom we serve, can save us[b] from the white-hot furnace and from your hands, O king, may he save us!

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Footnotes

  1. 3:15 Then all will be well: lacking in Aramaic; this phrase is supplied from the context.
  2. 3:17 If our God…can save us: the youths do not question the efficacy of the divine power, but whether it will be exercised (v. 18).