17 If it be so, our (A)God whom we serve is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire; [a]and (B)He will rescue us from your hand, O king. 18 (C)But even if He does not, (D)let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods nor worship the golden statue that you have set up.”

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19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with (E)wrath, and his facial expression was changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He answered [b]by giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 3:17 Or then
  2. Daniel 3:19 Lit and ordered to

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