1Nebuchadnezzar the king flexed a gold statue, like 90 feet tall and 9 feet wide, and set it up in Dura, Babylon. Major vibes.

2Then Nebuchadnezzar sent out the squad: princes, governors, captains, judges, and all the big shots to show up for the statue hype.

3So all the princes, governors, and captains rolled up to the statue dedication, standing there like, "This is lit."

4Then a herald shouted, "Yo, everyone, listen up!"

5"When you hear the cornet, flute, harp, and all that music, you gotta drop down and worship the gold statue Nebuchadnezzar set up, no cap."

6"And if you don’t bow down, you’re getting thrown into a blazing furnace, straight up."

7So when everyone heard the music, all the peeps, nations, and languages fell down and worshipped that golden statue. Pure savage.

8At that moment, some Chaldeans rolled up and started snitching on the Jews.

9They were like, "Yo, Nebuchadnezzar, king, you’re the GOAT, live forever!"

10"You made a rule that anyone who hears the music has to bow down and worship the gold statue, right?"

11If you don’t bow down and worship, you’re getting thrown in that lit furnace, no cap.

12There are some Jews you put in charge, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego; these guys, king, don’t vibe with your gods or the gold statue you set up.

13Nebuchadnezzar got super mad and told them to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego; they brought them before the king, fr.

14Nebuchadnezzar asked, “Yo, is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, that you don’t serve my gods or worship my gold statue?”

15So if you’re ready when you hear the music to fall down and worship my image I made, that’s cool; but if not, you’re getting tossed into that fiery furnace, and who’s gonna save you from me?

16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego were like, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we don’t even need to think about this.”

17If it goes down like that, our God can totally save us from the fiery furnace, and He’ll pull us outta your hands, king.

18But if He doesn’t, just know, king, we’re not serving your gods or the golden image you set up, periodt.

19Nebuchadnezzar was mad af, and his face changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego; so he ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual.

20He told his strongest guys to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego and throw them in that fiery furnace, no cap.

21So these dudes got all suited up in their drip and were tossed into the fire furnace, no cap.

22The king was in a rush, and that furnace was mad hot, so the flames took out the guys who threw Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego in there.

23And these three homies, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, just fell into the fire, all tied up.

24Then Nebuchadnezzar was shook, jumped up quick, and asked his crew, "Didn’t we throw three dudes in the fire?" They were like, "Fr, O king."

25He was like, "Wait, I see four guys chillin’ in the fire, and they’re straight vibin’; the fourth one looks like the Son of God."

26Nebuchadnezzar rushed to the furnace and yelled, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, servants of the Most High, come out here!" And they stepped out of the flames.

27The princes and all the king's crew gathered and saw these guys, and the fire didn’t even touch them; not a single hair was burned, their drip was untouched, and they didn’t even smell like smoke.

28Then Nebuchadnezzar said, "Big ups to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, who sent his angel to save his servants who were loyal, flipping the king’s order, and risking it all to not worship any god but their own."

29So I’m making this decree: anyone who talks trash about the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego is getting cut up, and their homes will be turned into a trash heap, ‘cause there’s no other God who can save like this.

30Then the king leveled up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego in Babylon.

1Nebuchadnezzar the king made 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 Babylon.

2Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

3Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

4Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

5That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:

6And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

7Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

8Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

9They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.

10Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:

11And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

12There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

13Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego. Then they brought these men before the king.

14Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

20And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

21Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

22Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego.

23And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

24Then 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.

25He answered and said, Lo, I 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.

26Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

27And 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.

28Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, 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.

29Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, 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.

30Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, in the province of Babylon.