Daniel 3:19-25

Lexham English Bible

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^[a] Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, so he ordered and said^[b] to heat up the one furnace seven times what was usual to heat it up. ²⁰ And he commanded the strongest men of the guards^[c] who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire. ²¹ Then these men were bound with their garments, their trousers and their turbans and their other clothing, and they were thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. ²² Therefore^[d] because^[e] the word of the king was severe and the furnace was exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed these men who lifted up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. ²³ But these men, the three of them, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, fell down into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire, and they were bound.

²⁴ Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and he rose up in haste and he asked, saying to his advisers, “Did we not throw three men, bound, into the midst of the fire? They answered, saying to the king, “Certainly, O king!” ²⁵ He answered,^[f] saying, “Look, I see four men unbound walking in the midst of the fire and there is no damage to them, and the^[g] appearance of the fourth man resembles the son of a god.”