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17 If it is so,[a] our God, whom we serve, is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire. And from your hand, O king, let him rescue us. 18 And if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods,[b] and the statue of gold[c] that you have set up we will not worship.”

The Wrath of the King and His Fiery Furnace of Death

19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with anger and the image of his face was changed toward[d] Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, so he ordered and said[e] to heat up the one furnace seven times what was usual to heat it up.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 3:17 Literally “If there is”
  2. Daniel 3:18 Literally “your gods not there is us serving”
  3. Daniel 3:18 Aramaic “the gold”
  4. Daniel 3:19 Literally “against”
  5. Daniel 3:19 Literally “answering and saying”