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28 You have executed proper judgments
    in all that you have brought upon us
    and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our ancestors.
By a proper judgment you have done all this
    because of our sins;
29 For we have sinned and transgressed
    by departing from you,
    and we have done every kind of evil.
30 Your commandments we have not heeded or observed,
    nor have we done as you ordered us for our good.

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28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel(A) and rescued(B) his servants! They trusted(C) in him and defied the king’s command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.(D) 29 Therefore I decree(E) that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble,(F) for no other god can save(G) in this way.”

30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.(H)

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