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Daniel 3: 1-19
(1599 Geneva Bible)
1 The king setteth up a golden image.
8 Certain are accused because they despised the king’s commandment,
and are put into a burning oven.
15 By belief in God they are delivered from the fire.
1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made [a]an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babel.
[a] Under pretence of religion, and holiness
in making an image to his idol Bel, he sought
his own ambition and vain glory: and this declareth
that he was not toucheth with the true fear of God
before but that he confessed him on a sudden motion
as the wicked when they are overcome with the greatness of his works.
The Greek interpreters write, that this was done eighteen years
after the dream, and as may appear, the King feared
lest the Jews by their religion, should have altered the state
of his commonwealth, and therefore he meant to bring
all to one kind of religion, and so rather
sought his own quietness than God’s glory.
2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent forth to gather together the nobles, the princes and the dukes, the judges, the receivers, the counselors, the officers, and all the governors of the provinces, that they should come to the [b]dedication of the image, which Nebuchadnezzar the [c]King had set up.
[b] Showing that the idol is not known for an idol
so long as he is with workmen: but when the ceremonies
and customs are recited and used, and the consent
of the people is there, then of a block
they think they have made a god.
[c] This was sufficient with the wicked at all times
to approve their religion, if the king’s authority were alleged
for the establishment thereof, not considering
in the mean season what God’s word did permit.
3 So the nobles, princes, and dukes, the judges, the receivers, the counselors, the officers, and all the governors of the provinces were assembled unto the dedicating of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the King had set up and they stood before the image which Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4 Then an herald cried aloud, Be it known to you, O people, [d]nations, and languages,
[d] These are the two dangerous weapons,
wherewith Satan used to fight against the children of God,
the consent of the multitude, and the cruelty
of the punishment: for though some feared God,
yet the multitude, which consented to the wickedness,
astonied them: and here the King required, not an inward consent,
but an outward gesture, that the Jews might by little
and little learn to forget their true religion.
5 That when ye hear the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all instruments of music, ye fall down, and worship the golden image, that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up.
6 And whosoever falleth not down, and worshippeth, shall the same hour be cast into the midst of an hot fiery furnace.
7 Therefore as soon as all the people heard the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all instruments of music, all the people, nations, and languages fell down, and worshipped the golden image, that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
8 By reason whereof at that same time came men of the Chaldeans, and grievously accused the Jews.
9 For they spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O King, live forever.
10 Thou, O King, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all instruments of music, shall fall down, and worship the golden image.
11 And whosoever falleth not down, and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of an hot fiery furnace.
12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the charge of the province of Babel, [e]Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: these men, O King, have not regarded thy commandment, neither will they serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image that thou hast set up.
[e] It seemeth that they named not Daniel,
because he was greatly in the king’s favor,
thinking if these three had been destroyed,
they might have had better occasion to accuse Daniel:
and this declareth that this policy of erecting this image
was invented by the malicious flatterers
which sought nothing but the destruction of the Jews,
whom they accused of rebellion and ingratitude.
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his anger and wrath commanded that they should bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, so these men were brought before the king.
14 And Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said unto them, What disorder? will not you, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, serve my god, nor worship the golden image that I have set up?
15 [f]Now therefore are ye ready when ye hear the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all instruments of music, to fall down, and worship the image which I have made? for if ye worship it not, ye shall be cast immediately into the midst of an hot fiery furnace: for who is that God, that can deliver you out of mine hands?
[f] Signifying that he would receive them to grace
if they would now at the length obey his decree.
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the King, O Nebuchadnezzar, we [g]are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
[g] For they should have done injury to God,
if they should have doubted in this holy cause,
and therefore they say, that they are resolved to die for God’s cause.
17 Behold, our God whom we serve, is [h]able to deliver us from the hot fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
[h] They ground on two points, first on the power
and providence of God over them, and secondly on their cause,
which was God’s glory, and the testifying of his true religion
with their blood, and so make open confession,
that they will not so much as outwardly consent to idolatry.
18 But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of rage, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he charged and commanded that they should heat the furnace at once seven [i]times more than it was wont to be heated.
[i] This declareth that the more that tyrants rage,
and the more witty they show themselves inventing
strange and cruel punishments, the more is God glorified
by his servants to whom he giveth patience and constancy
to abide the cruelty of their punishment:
for either by delivereth them from death,
or else for this life giveth them a better.
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