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13 Then Nabuchodonosor in fury, and in wrath commanded, that Sidrach, Misach, & Abdenago should be brought: who immediately were brought before the king.
14 And Nabuchodonosor the king pronouncing, said to them: In deed Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, do not you worship my gods, & the golden statua that I have set up do not you adore?
15 Now therefore if you be ready, in what hour soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, the pipe, the harp, of the dulcimer, and psalter, and symphony, and of all kind of musical instruments, prostrate your selves, & adore the statua which I have made: but if you adore not, the self same hour you shall be cast into the furnace of burning fire: and what God is there that shall deliver you out of my hand?
16 Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago answering said to king Nabuchodonosor: We must not answer thee concerning this thing.
17 For behold our God, whom we worship, can save us from the furnace of burning fire, and out of thy hands, o king, deliver us.
18 But if he will not, be it known to thee, o king, that we worship not thy gods, & the golden statua, which thou hast erected, we adore not.
Fiery Furnace
19 Then was Nabuchodonosor replenished with fury: and the look of his face was altered upon Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times more, than it had been accustomed to be heated.
20 And commanded the strongest men of his host, to bind the feet of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and to cast them into the furnace of burning fire.
21 And forthwith those men being bound with their breeches, and head attire, and shoes, and garments were cast into the furnace of burning fire.
22 For the commandment of the king did urge, and the furnace was heated exceedingly. Moreover the flame of the fire slew those men, that had cast in Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago.
23 But these three men, that is, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago fell in the midst of the furnace of burning fire, bound together.
24 And they walked in the midst of the flame praising God, and blessing our Lord.
25 And Azarias standing prayed thus, and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire, he said:
26 Blessed art thou o Lord the God of our fathers, and laudable, and glorious is thy name for ever:
27 because thou art just in all things, which thou hast done to us, and all thy works are true, and thy ways right, and all thy judgements true.
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