²⁶ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of blazing fire; he answered and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, come out, you servants of the ^(A)Most High God, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego ^(B)came out of the midst of the fire. ²⁷ Then the ^(C)satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s high officials gathered around and saw in regard to these men that the ^(D)fire had no power over ^[a]the bodies of these men, nor was the hair of their head singed, nor were their ^[b](E)trousers ^[c]damaged, nor had the smell of fire even come upon them.

²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the ^(F)God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has ^(G)sent His angel and saved His servants who put their ^(H)trust in Him, ^[d]violating the king’s word, and gave up their bodies so as ^(I)not to serve and not to worship any god except their own God.