But thesethreemen,Shadrach,Meshachand Abed-nego,fellinto the midstof the furnaceof blazingfire[still] tiedup.
Manyare the afflictionsof the righteous,But the LORDdelivershim out of them all.
"Whenyou passthrough the waters,I will be with you; And through the rivers,they will not overflowyou. Whenyou walkthroughthe fire,you will not be scorched,Norwill the flameburnyou.
Then they tookJeremiahand casthim into the cistern[of] Malchijahthe king'sson,whichwas in the courtof the guardhouse;and they letJeremiahdownwith ropes.Now in the cisterntherewas nowaterbut onlymud,and Jeremiahsankinto the mud.
Then the commanderof the officialsassigned[new] namesto them; and to Danielhe assigned[the name] Belteshazzar,to HananiahShadrach,to MishaelMeshachand to AzariahAbed-nego.
ThenNebuchadnezzarthe kingwas astoundedand stoodup in haste;he saidto his highofficials,"Was it not threemenwe castboundinto the midstof the fire?"They repliedto the king,"Certainly,O king."
For momentary,lightafflictionis producingfor us an eternalweightof gloryfarbeyondall comparison,
quenchedthe powerof fire,escapedthe edgeof the sword,from weaknesswere made strong,becamemightyin war,putforeignarmiesto flight.