and people in their worship. B. C. 574. a ch. 44. 3. ver, 8. 6 ch. 45. 17. cch. 45. 24. ver. 7, 11. + Heb, the gift of his hand, Deut, 16. 17. d ver. 2. e Ex. 23, 14- ƒver. 5. g ch. 44. 3. ver. 2. h Ex. 29. 38. Num 28. 3. + Heb. a soTL of his year. + Heb, morning by morn ing. EZEKIEL. B. C. 574. Vision of the holy waters. sin offering, according to the burnt offering, | continually by a perpetual ordinance unto and according to the meat offering, and ac- the LORD. cording to the oil. CHAPTER XLVI. 1 Ordinances for the prince in his worship, 9 and 3 Likewise the people of the land shall moons. 4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish. 5 "And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah. 6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish. 7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his band shall attain unto, and a hin of oil to an ephah. 8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof. 9 But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the | | 15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and 16 Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the i Lev. 25. 10. 18 Moreover the prince shall not take of k ch. 45. 8. the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession; that my people be not scattered every man from his possession. 19 After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. 20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass 12 Chr. 35. 13. offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the outer court, "to sanctify the people. way of the south gate shall go forth by the AFTERWARD he brought me again unto way of the north gate: he shall not return 10 And the prince in the midst of them, 11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities f the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah. the of the house; and, behold, a waters issued out from under the threshold 2 Then brought he me out of the way of 12 Now when the prince shall prepare a 3 And when he man that had the line in 14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering cornered. o Seo ver, 20. a Joel 3. 18. Zech, 13, I. & 14. 8. Rev. 22, 1. bch, 40.3. † Heb. water's of the ankles. + Heb, waters of swimming. The borders of the land. B. C. 574. + Heb. lip. c ver. 12. Rov, 22. 2. [ Or, plain: See Deut. 3. 17. & 4. 49. Josh, 3. 16. † Heb. two rivers. dNum. 31. 6. || Or, and e ver, 7. † Heb, shall come up. ƒ Job 8. 16. P3, 1.3. Jer. 17. 8. || Or, principal. Or, for "bruises and gores. g Rev. 22, 2. h Gen. 48. 5. 1 Chr. 5. 1. ch. 48. 4, 5. || Or, swore. i Gen. 12. 7. & 13. 15. & 15.7. & 17. 8. 13. EZEKIEL. thou seen this ? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. C 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the + bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea : Portions of the twelve tribes. what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there B. C. 574. shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD. CHAPTER XLVIII. 1, 23 The portions of the twelve tribes, 8 of the sanctuary, 15 of the city and suburbs, 21 and of the prince. 30 The dimensions and gates of the city. OW these are the names of the tribes. which being brought forth into the sea, the NaFrom the north end to the coast of waters shall be healed. 9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. 10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be ac cording to their kinds, as the fish dof the great sea, exceeding many. 11 But the miry places thereof and the marshes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, f whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. 13 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. 14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. 15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, & 26. 3. & 28. the way of Hethlon, as men go to" Zedad; 16 "Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. el. 20, 5, 6, k ch, 48. 29. I ch. 48. 1. m Num. 34.8. n Num. 34, 8. o 2 Sam, 8. 8. Or, Themid. dle village, Num. 34. 9. ch, 49. 1. + Heb. from between. 7 Num. 20.13. Deut. 32. 51. Ps. 81. 7. ch. 18. 28. Or, Meribal. Or, valley. || Or, toward Teman. r See Eph.3.6. Rev. 7. 9, 10. Rom. 10. 12. Gul. 3. 28. Col. 3. 11. 17 And the border from the sea shall be ?' Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side. 18 And the east side ye shall measure + from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side. 19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward. 20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side. 21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; †a portion for Dan. 2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher. 3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali. 4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh. 5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.. 6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben. 7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah. a ch. 47. 15, &c. Heb, one portion. 8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the b chi. 45. 1-6. offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. 9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth. 10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof. 11 | It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, das the Levites went astray. 12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. 13 And over against the border of the. priests, the Levites shall have fivo and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. c ch. 44. 15. || Or, The sanctified portion shall be for the priests. || Or.ward,or, ordinance. d ch. 44. 10. 14 And they shall not sell of it, neither e Ex. £2. 29. Lev. 27, 10, exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land for it is holy unto the LORD. 28, 33. 15 And the five thousand, that are left fch. 43. 6. in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place | g ch, 42, 20. for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. 16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four The portions of the city. B. C. 574. hch. 45, 6. ich. 45. 7. ver. 8, 10. + Heb, one portion. DANIEL. thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred. 17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty. 18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city. 19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel. 20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city. 21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof. 22 Moreover, from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. 23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. 24 And by the border of Benjamin, from The gates of the city. the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have & portion. 25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion. 26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion. 27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. 28. And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. 29 m This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD. 30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures. 31 "And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. 32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. 33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. 34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. 35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: oand the name of the city from that day shall be, P†The LORD is there. B. C. 574. loh, 47, 19. + Heb. Meribah-kadesh. m ch. 47. 14, 21, 22. n Rev. 21, 12, &c. o Jer. 33. 16. p Jer. 3. 17. Joel 3. 21. Zech, 2, 10, Rov. 21. 3. & 22.3. + Heb.Jehovah-shammah: See Ex, 17, 15. Judg. 6. 24. B. C. about 607. a 2 Kin, 24. 1. 2 Chr. 36. 6. about 606. b Jer. 27. 19, 20. c Gen. 10. 10. & 11. 2. d2 Chr. 36. 7. * Foretold, Is, 39, 7. e Sea Lev. 24. 19, 20. ƒ Acts 7. 22. + Heb. the b 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with 6 part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. 3¶ And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring * certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes; 4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and f whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. 5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. 6 Now among these were of the children | of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: 7 h Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names; for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; | and to Azariah, of Abed-nego. B. C. about 606. h Gen. 41, 45. 2 Kin. 24. 17. ich. 4. 8. & 5. 12. 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the pork tion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. Deut.32.38. Ez. 4. 13. Hos. 9. 3. I See Gen. 39. 21. Ps. 106. 46. 10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces † worse liking | †Heb.sadder. than the children which are of your "sort? || Or, term, or, then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. continuance, Nebuchadnezzar's dream B. C. about 606. m 1 Kin. 3. 12. James 1. 5, 17. n Acts 7. 22. ||Or, he made Daniel understand. o Num. 12. 6. 2 Chr. 26. 5. ch. 5. 11, 12, 14. & 10. 1. 603. : DANIEL. king's meat and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. 14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. 15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. 16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. 17 As for these four children, "God gave them "knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had "understanding in all visions and dreams. 18 Now at the end of the days that the p Gen. 41. 46. king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. ver, 5, g1 Kin. 10. 1. † Heb. wisdom of understanding. rch, 6, 28. & 10. 1. He lived to see that glorious time of the return ofhis people from the Babylonian captivity, though he did not die then. So till is used, Ps. 110. 1. & 112. 8. 603. ja Gen. 41. 8. ch. 4. 5. ¿ Esth. 6. 1. ch. 6. 18. c Gen. 41. 8. Ex. 7. 11. ch. 5. 7. d1 Kin, 1.31. ch. 3. 9. & 5. 10. & 6. 6, 21. e2 Kin, 10. +Chald. made pieces. f ch. 5. 16. Or, fee, ver. 48. ch. 5, 17. +Chald. buy, Eph, 5, 16. g Eath. 4. 11. 19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. 20 9 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm. 21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus. CHAPTER II. 1 Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream, requireth it of the Chaldeans, by promises and threatenings. 10 They acknowledging their inability are judged to die. 14 Daniel obtaining some respite findeth the dream. 19 He blesseth God. 24 He staying the decree is brought to the king. 31 The dream. 36 The interpretation. 46 Daniel's advancement. | | is revealed to Daniel. 11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, hver. 28, whose dwelling is not with flesh. 12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. 14 ¶ Then Daniel † answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: 15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. 17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 18 That they would desire mercies † of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be AND in the second year of the reign the name of God for ever and ever: "for of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, "wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriac, do king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be et cut in picces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 6 ƒ But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew mo the dream, and the interpretation thereof. 7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. 8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would † gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. 9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof, 10 The Chaldeans answered before the wisdom and might are his : 21 And he changeth "the times and the seasons: "he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: Phe giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know under standing: 22 7 He revealeth the deep and secret things: "he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. 23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thoug hast now made known unto us the king's matter. 24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation. 25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, + I have found a man of the † captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. James 1. 5. The interpretation of the dream. B. C. 603. † Chald, came up.. y ver. 22, & 28. ≈ So Gen. 41. Or, but for a ver. 17. +Chald, wast seeing. b See ver. 38, &c. Or, sides. Or, which c ch. 8. 25. Hos. 13. 3. e Ps. 37. 10, j Is. 2. 2, 3. g Pa. 80. 9. 17 Ezra 7., 12, Is. 47.5. Jer. 27. 6, 7. í Ezra 1. 2. & cli, 4. 21, 22. Jer. 27. 6. Or, brittle. † Chald, this with this, † Chald, their days. 7 ver. 28. rch. 4. 3, 34. & 6. 26. & 7. +Chald.kingdom thereof. s Ps. 2. 9. Is. CO. 12. 1 Cor. 15, 24. t Is. 28. 16. DANIEL. latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; 29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts + came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, "but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, "and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. 31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. 32 6 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became dlike the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind car | Daniel's advancement. the dream is certain, and the interpreta- | B. C. 603. tion thereof sure. น 46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him. 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. 48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and "chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. u See Acts 10. 25. & 14. 13. & 28.6. Ezra 6. 10. y ver. 28. z ver. 6. ach. 4. 9. & 5. 11. 49 Then Daniel requested of the king, band he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- | b ch. 3. 12. nego, over the_affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king. CHAPTER III. 1 Nebuchadnezzar dedicateth a golden image in Dura. 8 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego are accused for not worshipping the image. 13 They, being threatened, make a good confession. 19 God delivereth them out of the furnace. 26 Nebuchadnezzar seeing the miracle blesseth God. ried them away, that no place was found NEBUCHADNEZZAR the king made an for them and the stone that smote the image ƒ became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. 36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. 37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: i for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. 39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom "inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. 41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave tone to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. 44 And in the days of these kings I shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, "which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; +Chald. after the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass thereafter: and ¦ ver. 35. [Or, which was not in hands. this. image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. . 4 Then a herald cried aloud, To you tit is commanded, "O people, nations, and languages, 5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, It dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: 6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour bbe cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, Aute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans "came near, and accused the Jews. 9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, dO king, live for ever. 10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image: 11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. c Esth. 2. 19, 21. & 3. 2. |