Bible verse for October 21

¹⁴ Nebuchadnezzar spoke to them: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it deliberate that you do not serve my gods and do not worship the statue of gold that I have set up? ¹⁵ Now then, if you are prepared, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the statue I have made—very well. But if you will not worship, you will be thrown at that very moment into the furnace of blazing fire. And what god is there who could rescue you out of my hands?” ¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to give you any reply about this. ¹⁷ If that is so, our God, whom we serve, is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and out of your hand, O king, he will rescue us. ¹⁸ And if not, let it be clear to you, O king, that your gods we will not serve, and the statue of gold that you have set up we will not worship.” ¹⁹ At this Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the look on his face turned against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was normally heated. ²⁰ He told certain powerful warriors in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and hurl them into the furnace of blazing fire. ²¹ So these men were bound as they were, in their cloaks, their shirts, their caps, and their other garments, and thrown into the furnace of blazing fire.

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