Daniel 3:5-15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁵ When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither,^[a] lyre,^[b] harp, drum,^[c] and every kind of music,^(A) you are to fall face down and worship^(B) the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. ⁶ But whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.’^(C)

⁷ Therefore, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and every kind of music, people of every nation and language fell down and worshipped the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

The Furnace of Blazing Fire

⁸ Some Chaldeans^(D) took this occasion to come forward and maliciously accuse^[d](E) the Jews. ⁹ They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, ‘May the king live for ever. ¹⁰ You as king have issued a decree^(F) that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music must fall down and worship the gold statue. ¹¹ Whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire. ¹² There are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.^(G) These men have ignored you,^(H) the king; they do not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.’

¹³ Then in a furious rage^(I) Nebuchadnezzar gave orders to bring in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king. ¹⁴ Nebuchadnezzar asked them, ‘Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you don’t serve my gods or worship the gold statue^(J) I have set up? ¹⁵ Now if you’re ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music, fall down and worship the statue I made. But if you don’t worship it, you will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire – and who is the god who can rescue you from my power? ’^(K)