Then the herald loudly proclaimed: “To you [a]the command is given, (A)O peoples, nations and men of every [b]language, that at the moment you (B)hear the sound of the horn, flute, [c]lyre, [d]trigon, [e]psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. But whoever does not fall down and worship shall [f]immediately be (C)cast into the midst of a (D)furnace of blazing fire.”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 3:4 Lit they command
  2. Daniel 3:4 Lit tongue
  3. Daniel 3:5 Or zither
  4. Daniel 3:5 I.e. triangular lyre
  5. Daniel 3:5 Or a type of harp
  6. Daniel 3:6 Or in the same hour