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15 Now when you⁺ hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you⁺ are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you⁺ refuse to worship, you⁺ will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you⁺ from my hands?” 16 Shadrach (royal / the great scribe), Meshach (guest of the king), and Abednego (servant of Nebo) replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar (may Nebo protect the crown), we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king. 18 But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.” Daniel 3:15-18, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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