8. It was then that some Babylonians took the opportunity to denounce the Jews.
9. They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “May Your Majesty live for ever!
10. Your Majesty has issued an order that as soon as the music starts, everyone is to bow down and worship the gold statue,
11. and that anyone who does not bow down and worship it is to be thrown into a blazing furnace.
12. There are some Jews whom you put in charge of the province of Babylon — Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego — who are disobeying Your Majesty's orders. They do not worship your god or bow down to the statue you set up.”
13. At that, the king flew into a rage and ordered the three men to be brought before him.