Thereforeat that time,whenallthe peoplesheardthe soundof the horn,flute,lyre,trigon,psaltery,bagpipeand allkindsof music,allthe peoples,nationsand [men of every] languagefelldown[and] worshipedthe goldenimagethat Nebuchadnezzarthe kinghad setup.
Babylonhas been a goldencupin the handof the LORD,Intoxicatingallthe earth.The nationshave drunkof her wine;Thereforethe nationsare goingmad.
ThenKingNebuchadnezzarfellon his faceand didhomageto Daniel,and gaveordersto presentto him an offeringand fragrantincense.
"You, O king,have madea decreethat everymanwhohearsthe soundof the horn,flute,lyre,trigon,psaltery,and bagpipeand allkindsof music,is to falldownand worshipthe goldenimage.
Then the heraldloudlyproclaimed:"To you the commandis given,O peoples,nationsand [men of every] language,
that at the momentyou hearthe soundof the horn,flute,lyre,trigon,psaltery,bagpipeand allkindsof music,you are to falldownand worshipthe goldenimagethat Nebuchadnezzarthe kinghas setup.
"But whoeverdoes not falldownand worshipshall immediatelybe castinto the midstof a furnaceof blazingfire."
For thisreasonat that timecertainChaldeanscameforwardand broughtchargesagainstthe Jews.
"In the generationsgoneby He permittedallthe nationsto gotheir own ways;
We knowthat we are of God,and that the wholeworldliesin [the power of] the evil one.
And the greatdragonwas throwndown, the serpentof oldwho is calledthe deviland Satan,who deceivesthe wholeworld;he was throwndown to the earth,and his angelswere throwndown with him.
And he deceivesthosewho dwellon the earthbecauseof the signswhichit was givenhim to performin the presenceof the beast,tellingthosewho dwellon the earthto makean imageto the beastwhohadthe woundof the swordand has come to life.
[I saw] oneof his headsas ifit had been slain,and his fatalwoundwas healed.And the wholeearthwas amazed[and followed] afterthe beast;
Allwho dwellon the earthwill worshiphim, [everyone] whosenamehas not been writtenfrom the foundationof the worldin the bookof lifeof the Lambwho has been slain.
"The beastthat you sawwas, and is not, and is aboutto comeup out of the abyssand goto destruction.And thosewho dwellon the earth,whosenamehas not been writtenin the bookof lifefrom the foundationof the world,will wonderwhen they seethe beast,that he was and is not and will come.
And the beastwas seized,and with him the false prophetwho performedthe signsin his presence,by whichhe deceivedthosewho had receivedthe markof the beastand thosewho worshipedhis image;thesetwowere thrownaliveinto the lakeof firewhich burnswith brimstone.
