Daniel 3
1. Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar > the king <4430 melek > made <5648
<abad > an image <6755 tselem > of gold <1722 d@hab >, whose <1768 diy >
height <7314 ruwm > [was] threescore <8361 shittiyn > cubits <0521 >ammah >,
[and] the breadth <6613 p@thay > thereof six <8353 sheth > cubits <0521
>ammah >: he set <6966 quwm > it up in the plain <1236 biq<a> > of Dura <1757
Duwra> >, in the province <4083 m@diynah > of Babylon <0895 Babel >.
2 Then Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar > the king <4430 melek > sent
<7972 sh@lach > to gather <3673 kanash > together the princes <0324
>achashdarpan >, the governors <5461 cagan >, and the captains <6347 pechah
>, the judges <0148 >adargazer >, the treasurers <1411 g@dabar >, the
counsellors <1884 d@thabar >, the sheriffs <8614 tiphtay >, and all <3606 kol
> the rulers <7984 shiltown > of the provinces <4082 m@diynah >, to come
<0858 >athah > to the dedication <2597 chanukka> > of the image <6755 tselem
> which <1768 diy > Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar > the king <4430
melek > had set <6966 quwm > up.
3 Then <0116 >edayin > the princes <0324 >achashdarpan >, the governors
<5461 cagan >, and captains <6347 pechah >, the judges <0148 >adargazer >,
the treasurers <1411 g@dabar >, the counsellors <1884 d@thabar >, the
sheriffs <8614 tiphtay >, and all <3606 kol > the rulers <7984 shiltown > of
the provinces <4082 m@diynah >, were gathered <3673 kanash > together unto
the dedication <2597 chanukka> > of the image <6755 tselem > that
Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar > the king <4430 melek > had set <6966
quwm > up; and they stood <6966 quwm > before <6903 q@bel > the image <6755
tselem > that Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar > had set <6966 quwm >
up.
4 Then an herald <3744 karowz > cried <7123 q@ra> > aloud <2429 chayil >, To
you it is commanded <0560 >amar >, O people <5972 <am >, nations <0524 >ummah
>, and languages <3961 lishshan >,
5 [That] at what <1768 diy > time <5732 <iddan > ye hear <8086 sh@ma< > the
sound <7032 qal > of the cornet <7162 qeren >, flute <4953 mashrowqiy >, harp
<7030 qiytharoc >, sackbut <5443 cabb@ka> >, psaltery <6460 p@canteriyn >,
dulcimer <5481 cuwmpown@yah >, and all <3606 kol > kinds <2177 zan > of
musick <2170 z@mar >, ye fall <5308 n@phal > down and worship <5457 c@gid >
the golden <1722 d@hab > image <6755 tselem > that Nebuchadnezzar <5020
N@buwkadnetstsar > the king <4430 melek > hath set <6966 quwm > up:
6 And whoso falleth <5308 n@phal > not down and worshippeth <5457 c@gid >
shall the same hour <8160 sha<ah > be cast <7412 r@mah > into the midst <1459
gav > of a burning <3345 y@qad > fiery <5135 nuwr > furnace <0861 >attuwn >.
7 Therefore at that time <2166 z@man >, when <1768 diy > all <3606 kol > the
people <5972 <am > heard <8086 sh@ma< > the sound <7032 qal > of the cornet
<7162 qeren >, flute <4953 mashrowqiy >, harp <7030 qiytharoc >, sackbut
<5443 cabb@ka> >, psaltery <6460 p@canteriyn >, and all <3606 kol > kinds
<2177 zan > of musick <2170 z@mar >, all <3606 kol > the people <5972 <am >,
the nations <0524 >ummah >, and the languages <3961 lishshan >, fell <5308
n@phal > down [and] worshipped <5457 c@gid > the golden <1722 d@hab > image
<6755 tselem > that Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar > the king <4430
melek > had set <6966 quwm > up.
8. Wherefore at that time <2166 z@man > certain <1400 g@bar > Chaldeans
<3779 Kasday > came <7127 q@reb > near <7127 q@reb >, and accused <7170
q@rats > the Jews <3064 Y@huwdiy >.
9 They spake <6032 <anah > and said <0560 >amar > to the king <4430 melek >
Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar >, O king <4430 melek >, live <2418
chaya> > for ever <5957 <alam >.
10 Thou, O king <4430 melek >, hast made <7761 suwm > a decree <2942 t@<em
>, that every <3606 kol > man <0606 >enash > that shall hear <8086 sh@ma< >
the sound <7032 qal > of the cornet <7162 qeren >, flute <4953 mashrowqiy >,
harp <7030 qiytharoc >, sackbut <5443 cabb@ka> >, psaltery <6460 p@canteriyn
>, and dulcimer <5481 cuwmpown@yah >, and all <3606 kol > kinds <2177 zan >
of musick <2170 z@mar >, shall fall <5308 n@phal > down and worship <5457
c@gid > the golden <1722 d@hab > image <6755 tselem >:
11 And whoso falleth <5308 n@phal > not down and worshippeth <5457 c@gid >,
[that] he should be cast <7412 r@mah > into the midst <1459 gav > of a
burning <3345 y@qad > fiery <5135 nuwr > furnace <0861 >attuwn >.
12 There are certain <1400 g@bar > Jews <3064 Y@huwdiy > whom <3487 yath >
thou hast set <4483 m@na> > over <5921 <al > the affairs <5673 <abiydah > of
the province <4083 m@diynah > of Babylon <0895 Babel >, Shadrach <7715
Shadrak >, Meshach <4336 Meyshak >, and Abednego <5665 <Abed N@gow> >; these
<0479 >illek > men <1400 g@bar >, O king <4430 melek >, have not regarded
thee: they serve <6399 p@lach > not thy gods <0426 >elahh >, nor <3809 la> >
worship <5457 c@gid > the golden <1722 d@hab > image <6755 tselem > which
<1768 diy > thou hast set <6966 quwm > up.
13 Then <0116 >edayin > Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar > in [his]
rage <7266 r@gaz > and fury <2528 chema> > commanded <0560 >amar > to bring
<0858 >athah > Shadrach <7715 Shadrak >, Meshach <4336 Meyshak >, and
Abednego <5665 <Abed N@gow> >. Then <0116 >edayin > they brought <0858 >athah
> these <0479 >illek > men <1400 g@bar > before <6925 qodam > the king <4430
melek >.
14 Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar > spake <6032 <anah > and said
<0560 >amar > unto them, [Is it] true <6656 ts@da> >, O Shadrach <7715
Shadrak >, Meshach <4336 Meyshak >, and Abednego <5665 <Abed N@gow> >, do not
ye serve <6399 p@lach > my gods <0426 >elahh >, nor <3809 la> > worship <5457
c@gid > the golden <1722 d@hab > image <6755 tselem > which <1768 diy > I
have set <6966 quwm > up?
15 Now <3705 k@<an > if <2006 hen > ye be ready <6263 <athiyd > that at what
<1768 diy > time <5732 <iddan > ye hear <8086 sh@ma< > the sound <7032 qal >
of the cornet <7162 qeren >, flute <4953 mashrowqiy >, harp <7030 qiytharoc
>, sackbut <5443 cabb@ka> >, psaltery <6460 p@canteriyn >, and dulcimer <5481
cuwmpown@yah >, and all <3606 kol > kinds <2177 zan > of musick <2170 z@mar
>, ye fall <5308 n@phal > down and worship <5457 c@gid > the image <6755
tselem > which <1768 diy > I have made <5648 <abad >; [well]: but if <2006
hen > ye worship <5457 c@gid > not, ye shall be cast <7412 r@mah > the same
hour <8160 sha<ah > into the midst <1459 gav > of a burning <3345 y@qad >
fiery <5135 nuwr > furnace <0861 >attuwn >; and who <4479 man > [is] that God
<0426 >elahh > that shall deliver <7804 sh@zab > you out of my hands <3028
yad >?
16 Shadrach <7715 Shadrak >, Meshach <4336 Meyshak >, and Abednego <5665
<Abed N@gow> >, answered <6032 <anah > and said <0560 >amar > to the king
<4430 melek >, O Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar >, we [are] not
careful <2818 chashach > to answer <8421 tuwb > thee in this <1836 den >
matter <6600 pithgam >.
17 If <2006 hen > it be [so], our God <0426 >elahh > whom <1768 diy > we
serve <6399 p@lach > is able <3202 y@kel > to deliver <7804 sh@zab > us from
the burning <3345 y@qad > fiery <5135 nuwr > furnace <0861 >attuwn >, and he
will deliver <7804 sh@zab > [us] out of thine hand <3028 yad >, O king <4430
melek >.
18 But if not, be it known <3046 y@da< > unto thee, O king <4430 melek >,
that we will not serve <6399 p@lach > thy gods <0426 >elahh >, nor <3809 la>
> worship <5457 c@gid > the golden <1722 d@hab > image <6755 tselem > which
<1768 diy > thou hast set <6966 quwm > up.
19. Then <0116 >edayin > was Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar > full
<4391 m@la> > of fury <2528 chema> >, and the form <6755 tselem > of his
visage <0600 >anaph > was changed <8133 sh@na> > against <5922 <al > Shadrach
<7715 Shadrak >, Meshach <4336 Meyshak >, and Abednego <5665 <Abed N@gow> >:
[therefore] he spake <6032 <anah >, and commanded <0560 >amar > that they
should heat <0228 >aza> > the furnace <0861 >attuwn > one <2298 chad > seven
<7655 shib<ah > times more <5922 <al > than <1768 diy > it was wont <2370
chaza> > to be heated <0228 >aza> >.
20 And he commanded <0560 >amar > the most <2429 chayil > mighty <1401
gibbar > men <1400 g@bar > that [were] in his army <2429 chayil > to bind
<3729 k@phath > Shadrach <7715 Shadrak >, Meshach <4336 Meyshak >, and
Abednego <5665 <Abed N@gow> >, [and] to cast <7412 r@mah > [them] into the
burning <3345 y@qad > fiery <5135 nuwr > furnace <0861 >attuwn >.
21 Then <0116 >edayin > these <0479 >illek > men <1400 g@bar > were bound
<3729 k@phath > in their coats <5622 carbal >, their hosen <6361 pattiysh >,
and their hats <3737 karb@la< >, and their [other] garments <3831 l@buwsh >,
and were cast <7412 r@mah > into the midst <1459 gav > of the burning <3345
y@qad > fiery <5135 nuwr > furnace <0861 >attuwn >.
22 Therefore because the king's <4430 melek > commandment <4406 millah > was
urgent <2685 chatsaph >, and the furnace <0861 >attuwn > exceeding <2493
chelem > hot <0228 >aza> >, the flame <7631 s@biyb > of the fire <5135 nuwr >
slew <6992 q@tal > those <0479 >illek > men <1400 g@bar > that took <5267
n@caq > up Shadrach <7715 Shadrak >, Meshach <4336 Meyshak >, and Abednego
<5665 <Abed N@gow> >.
23 And these <0479 >illek > three <8532 t@lath > men <1400 g@bar >, Shadrach
<7715 Shadrak >, Meshach <4336 Meyshak >, and Abednego <5665 <Abed N@gow> >,
fell <5308 n@phal > down bound <3729 k@phath > into the midst <1459 gav > of
the burning <3345 y@qad > fiery <5135 nuwr > furnace <0861 >attuwn >.
24 Then <0116 >edayin > Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar > the king
<4430 melek > was astonied <8429 t@vahh >, and rose <6965 quwm > up in haste
<0927 b@hal >, [and] spake <6032 <anah >, and said <0560 >amar > unto his
counsellors <1907 haddabar >, Did not we cast <7412 r@mah > three <8532
t@lath > men <1400 g@bar > bound <3729 k@phath > into the midst <1459 gav >
of the fire <5135 nuwr >? They answered <6032 <anah > and said <0560 >amar >
unto the king <4430 melek >, True <3330 yatstsiyb >, O king <4430 melek >.
25 He answered <6032 <anah > and said <0560 >amar >, Lo <1888 he> >, I see
<2370 chaza> > four <0703 >arba< > men <1400 g@bar > loose <8271 sh@re> >,
walking <1981 halak > in the midst <1459 gav > of the fire <5135 nuwr >, and
they have <0383 >iythay > no <3809 la> > hurt <2257 chabal >; and the form
<7299 rev > of the fourth <7244 r@biy<ay > is like <1821 d@mah > the Son
<1247 bar > of God <0426 >elahh >.
26 Then <0116 >edayin > Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar > came <7127
q@reb > near <7127 q@reb > to the mouth <8651 t@ra< > of the burning <3345
y@qad > fiery <5135 nuwr > furnace <0861 >attuwn >, [and] spake <6032 <anah
>, and said <0560 >amar >, Shadrach <7715 Shadrak >, Meshach <4336 Meyshak >,
and Abednego <5665 <Abed N@gow> >, ye servants <5649 <abad > of the most
<5943 <illay > high <5943 <illay > God <0426 >elahh >, come <5312 n@phaq >
forth <5312 n@phaq >, and come <0858 >athah > [hither]. Then <0116 >edayin >
Shadrach <7715 Shadrak >, Meshach <4336 Meyshak >, and Abednego <5665 <Abed
N@gow> >, came <5312 n@phaq > forth <5312 n@phaq > of the midst <1459 gav >
of the fire <5135 nuwr >.
27 And the princes <0324 >achashdarpan >, governors <5461 cagan >, and
captains <6347 pechah >, and the king's <4430 melek > counsellors <1907
haddabar >, being gathered <3673 kanash > together, saw <2370 chaza> > these
<0479 >illek > men <1400 g@bar >, upon whose <1768 diy > bodies <1655 geshem
> the fire <5135 nuwr > had no <3809 la> > power <7981 sh@let >, nor <3809
la> > was an hair <8177 s@<ar > of their head <7217 re>sh > singed <2761
charak >, neither <3809 la> > were their coats <5622 carbal > changed <8133
sh@na> >, nor <3809 la> > the smell <7382 reyach > of fire <5135 nuwr > had
passed <5709 <ada> > on them.
28. [Then] Nebuchadnezzar <5020 N@buwkadnetstsar > spake <6032 <anah >, and
said <0560 >amar >, Blessed <1289 b@rak > [be] the God <0426 >elahh > of
Shadrach <7715 Shadrak >, Meshach <4336 Meyshak >, and Abednego <5665 <Abed
N@gow> >, who <1768 diy > hath sent <7972 sh@lach > his angel <4398 mal>ak >,
and delivered <7804 sh@zab > his servants <5649 <abad > that trusted <7365
r@chats > in him, and have changed <8133 sh@na> > the king's <4430 melek >
word <4406 millah >, and yielded <3052 y@hab > their bodies <1655 geshem >,
that they might not serve <6399 p@lach > nor <3809 la> > worship <5457 c@gid
> any <3606 kol > god <0426 >elahh >, except <3861 lawhen > their own God
<0426 >elahh >.
29 Therefore I make <7761 suwm > a decree <2942 t@<em >, That every <3606
kol > people <5972 <am >, nation <0524 >ummah >, and language <3961 lishshan
>, which <1768 diy > speak <0560 >amar > any thing amiss <7955 shalah >
against <5922 <al > the God <0426 >elahh > of Shadrach <7715 Shadrak >,
Meshach <4336 Meyshak >, and Abednego <5665 <Abed N@gow> >, shall be cut
<5648 <abad > in pieces <1917 haddam >, and their houses <1005 bayith > shall
be made <7739 sh@vah > a dunghill <5122 n@valuw >: because there is no <3809
la> > other <0321 >ochoran > God <0426 >elahh > that can <3202 y@kel >
deliver <5338 n@tsal > after <1863 dardar > this <1836 den > sort.
30 Then <0116 >edayin > the king <4430 melek > promoted <6744 ts@lach >
Shadrach <7715 Shadrak >, Meshach <4336 Meyshak >, and Abednego <5665 <Abed
N@gow> >, in the province <4082 m@diynah > of Babylon <0895 Babel >.
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