²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel^[a](A) and rescued his servants who trusted in him.^(B) They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.^{(C) 29} Therefore I issue a decree^(D) that anyone of any people, nation, or language^(E) who says anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be torn limb from limb and his house made a garbage dump.^(F) For there is no other god who is able to deliver like this.” ³⁰ Then the king rewarded Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.^(G)