The faith of Daniel in his God was rewarded,
The power of Jehovah was something the King came to understand,
Daniel was appointed to take charge of the wise men of Babylon,
And thus the Princes of Judah became a power in the land.
King Nebuchadnezzar erected an idol on the plain of Dura,
It was three score cubits high and made of solid gold,
He told the people that this idol was to be their new God,
And must be worshipped in place of those they worshipped in days of old.
All the wise men of Babylon were invited to the dedication,
And were given an edict which all of them must obey,
That at the sound of the music they must fall down and worship,
Or they would be thrown into the fiery furnace that very day.
The Princes of Judah decided that they could not obey,
That they must remain true to Jehovah the God of Israel,
They were prepared to continue to put their faith in Jehovah,
The God in whom they trusted, the one who had served them well.
The Chaldeans saw that the Princes of Judah ignored the edict,
They rushed to the King to inform him right away,
Shadrack, Meshack and Abed-nego were summoned into the presence of the King,
Who gave them an opportunity to have their say.
Shadrack, Meshack and Abed-nego
informed the King that they could not worship the golden image,
They were reminded by the King that they must obey,
That at the sound of the music they must fall down and worship,
Or they would be thrown into the fiery furnace that very day.
The King told them that their God was powerless to save them,
But they replied that they still trusted in the God of the Jewish Nation,
That no matter if they were thrown into the fiery furnace,
They would still rely on him for their salvation.
The King ordered that the furnace be heated to seven times its normal heat,
That the Princes of Judah in their clothes should be tightly bound was the King’s
desire,
That they should be thrown into the midst of the burning fiery furnace,
A furnace so hot that its heat killed the strong men whose job it was to throw them
into the fire.
Ron Martin