Abraham looked down toward the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham looked at all the land in the valley. Abraham saw much smoke rising from the land. It looked like smoke from a very big fire.
Daniel 3:6 - Easy To Read Version If any person does not bow down and worship this gold idol, then that person will be quickly thrown into a very hot furnace. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And whoever does not fall down and worship shall that very hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. American Standard Version (1901) and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Common English Bible Anyone who will not bow down and worship will be immediately thrown into a furnace of flaming fire.” Catholic Public Domain Version But if anyone will not bow down and adore, in the same hour he will be cast into a furnace of burning fire." English Standard Version 2016 And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace.” |
Abraham looked down toward the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham looked at all the land in the valley. Abraham saw much smoke rising from the land. It looked like smoke from a very big fire.
Don’t worship or serve idols of any kind. Why? Because I, the Lord, am your God. I hate my people worshiping other gods. [125] People who sin against me become my enemies. And I will punish those people. And I will punish their children, their grandchildren, and even their great-grandchildren.
But a little wood is left, so the man makes a statue from that wood and calls it his god. He bows down before this god and worships it. The man prays to the god and says, “You are my god, save me!”
All of the Jewish captives will use those men as examples when they ask for bad things to happen to other people. Those captives will say: ‘May the Lord treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab. The king of Babylon burned those two in the fire!’
Then King Nebuchadnezzar said to those men, “No! You must tell me the dream. And then you must tell me what it means. If you don’t do these things, then I will give an order for you to be cut into pieces. And I will order your houses to be destroyed until they become piles of dust and ashes.
And you also said that if any person does not bow down and worship the gold idol, then that person will be thrown into a very hot furnace.
Now, when you hear the sound of the horns, flutes, lyres, {\cf2\super [32]} sambucas, {\cf2\super [33]} harps, bagpipes, {\cf2\super [34]} and all the other musical instruments, you must bow down and worship the gold idol. If you are ready to worship the idol I have made, that will be good. But if you don’t worship it, you will be thrown very quickly into the hot furnace. Then no god will be able to save you from my power!”
So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were tied up and thrown into the hot furnace. They were wearing their robes, pants, hats, and other clothes.
So, as soon as they heard the sound of the horns, flutes, lyres, {\cf2\super [25]} sambucas, {\cf2\super [26]} bagpipes, {\cf2\super [27]} and all of the other musical instruments, they bowed down and worshiped the gold idol. All the peoples, nations, and men of every kind of language there worshiped the gold idol that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
People from many nations and people that spoke many languages were very afraid of Nebuchadnezzar. Why? Because the God Most High made him a very important king. If Nebuchadnezzar wanted a person to die, then he killed that person. And if he wanted a person to live, then that person was allowed to live. If he wanted to make people important, then he made those people important. And if he wanted to make people not important, then he made them not important.
The supervisors, prefects, {\cf2\super [68]} satraps, advisers, and governors have all agreed on something. We think that the king should make this law. Everyone must obey this law. This is the law: If anyone prays to any god or man, except to you, king, for the next 30 days, then that person will be thrown into the lions’ den (cage).
The angels will throw those people into the place of fire. In that place the people will be crying and grinding their teeth \{with pain\}.
The angels will throw the evil people into the place of fire. In that place the people will cry and grind their teeth \{with pain\}.”
The devil said, “If you will bow down and worship me, I will give you all these things.”
So the king sent a soldier to cut off John’s head and bring it. So the soldier went and cut off John’s head in the prison.
And the smoke from their burning pain will rise forever and ever. There will be no rest, day or night, for those people who worship the animal and his idol or who get the mark of his name.”
Then the star opened the hole leading to the bottomless pit. Smoke came up from the hole like smoke from a big furnace. The sun and sky became dark because of the smoke from the hole.