and he commanded some mighty men of valor in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing fiery furnace.
Rage twisted the king's face. He ordered the furnace heated sevenfold, seven being the sacred number of absolute judgment, and commanded his mightiest soldiers to bind the rebels in their very garments and throw them in. His wrath blazed hotter than the flames themselves.
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Commenting on Daniel 3:19-20
Rage blinds a man to reason; Nebuchadnezzar had known the true God, yet pride made him furious at these young men's refusal, and fury changed his very face into the likeness of a wild beast. His anger did not cool his judgment, it burned away all that remained of his wisdom.
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Commenting on Daniel 3:19-27
The king summoned his strongest men to bind all three together, or each separately, the text leaves it uncertain, and cast them in. But binding them was pointless; they would not have resisted, and if Nebuchadnezzar thought bonds could secure them against their God's power, he was a fool.
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