3:19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed 5 toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders 6 to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated. 3:20 He ordered strong 7 soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire. 3:21 So those men were tied up while still wearing their cloaks, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, 8 and were thrown into the furnace 9 of blazing fire. 3:22 But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted 10 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed 11 by the leaping flames. 12 3:23 But those three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell into the furnace 13 of blazing fire while still securely bound. 14
3:24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and quickly got up. He said to his ministers, “Wasn’t it three men that we tied up and threw 15 into 16 the fire?” They replied to the king, “For sure, O king.” 3:25 He answered, “But I see four men, untied and walking around in the midst of the fire! No harm has come to them! And the appearance of the fourth is like that of a god!” 17 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire. He called out, 18 “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the most high God, come out! Come here!”
Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fire. 19 3:27 Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically 20 unharmed by the fire. 21 The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them!
3:28 Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, 22 “Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel 23 and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring 24 the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than 25 serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!