Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately<n id="1" /> be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!&#8221;

And whoever does not bow down and pay homage must be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed,<n id="1" /> and the visions of my mind<n id="2" /> were alarming me.

So those men were tied up while still wearing their cloaks, trousers, turbans, and other clothes,<n id="1" /> and were thrown into the furnace<n id="2" /> of blazing fire.

But those three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell into the furnace<n id="1" /> of blazing fire while still securely bound.<n id="2" />p>

Here are the visions of my mind<n id="1" /> while I was on my bed.p> <p class="poetry">While I was watching,p> <p class="poetry">there was a tree in the middle of the land.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">It was enormously tall.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and quickly got up. He said to his ministers, &#8220;Wasn&#8217;t it three men that we tied up and threw<n id="1" /> into<n id="2" /> the fire?&#8221; They replied to the king, &#8220;For sure, O king.&#8221;

He answered, &#8220;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!&#8221;<n id="1" />

Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire. He called out,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the most high God, come out! Come here!&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fire.<n id="2" />

Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music<b>,b> you must bow down and pay homage to the statue that I had made. If you don&#8217;t pay homage to it, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. Now, who is that god who can rescue you from my power?&#8221;<n id="1" />