6And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
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And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)We have no certainty concerning the date of this story, only that if this image, which Nebuchadnezzar dedicated, had any relation to that which he dreamed of, it is probable that it happened not long after that; some reckon it to be about the seventh year of Nebuchadnezzar, a year before Jehoiachin’s captivity, in which Ezekiel was carried away. Observe, I. A golden image set up to be worshipped.…
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