^17 [a]If it be so, our ^(A)God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; ^[b]and ^(B)He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. ^18 (C)But even if He does not, ^(D)let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

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¹⁹ Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with ^(E)wrath, and his facial expression was altered toward Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. He answered ^[c]by giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.