^{17 Ref} If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

^{18 Ref} But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.

^{19 Ref} Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.