Daniel 3:24-30

Daniel 3:24-30

[24] Then  Nebuchadnezzar  the king  was astonied,  and rose up  in haste,  and spake,  and said  unto his counsellors,  Did not  we cast  three  men  bound  into the midst  of the fire?  They answered  and said  unto the king,  True,  O king.  [25] He answered  and said,  Lo,  see  four  men  loose,  walking  in the midst  of the fire,  and they have  no  hurt;  and the form  of the fourth  is like  the Son  of God.  [26] Then  Nebuchadnezzar  came near  to the mouth  of the burning  fiery  furnace,  and spake,  and said,  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and Abednego,  ye servants  of the most high  God,  come forth,  and come  hither. Then  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and Abednego,  came forth  of  the midst  of the fire.  [27] And the princes,  governors,  and captains,  and the king's  counsellors,  being gathered together,  saw  these  men,  upon whose bodies  the fire  had no  power,  nor  was an hair  of their head  singed,  neither  were their coats  changed,  nor  the smell  of fire  had passed  on them. [28] Then Nebuchadnezzar  spake,  and said,  Blessed  be the God  of Shadrach,  Meshach,  and Abednego,  who hath sent  his angel,  and delivered  his servants  that trusted  in him,  and have changed  the king's  word,  and yielded  their bodies,  that they might not  serve  nor  worship  any  god,  except  their own God.  [29] Therefore I  make  a decree,  That every  people,  nation,  and language,  which speak  against  the God  of Shadrach,  Meshach,  and Abednego,  shall be cut  in pieces,  and their houses  shall be made  a dunghill:  because  there is  no  other  God  that can  deliver  after this  sort. [30] Then  the king  promoted  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and Abednego,  in the province  of Babylon.