16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the King, O Nebuchadnezzar, we [a]are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

17 Behold, our God whom we serve, is [b]able to deliver us from the hot fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 3:16 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.
  2. Daniel 3:17 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.

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