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“When the band[a] strikes up, you are to fall flat on the ground to worship King Nebuchadnezzar’s gold statue; anyone who refuses to obey will immediately be thrown into a flaming furnace.”

So when the band began to play, everyone—whatever his nation, language, or religion[b]—fell to the ground and worshiped the statue.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 3:5 the band, literally, “the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltry, dulcimer, and every other sort of instrument.” So also in vv. 7 and 10.
  2. Daniel 3:7 whatever his nation, language, or religion, implied.

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