Suddenly King Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and asked his advisers, “Did we not throw three men, firmly bound, into the fire?” “Certainly, O king,” they replied.
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.
AI summary
Commenting on Daniel 3:19-27
He answered and said, lo, I see four men loose,.... Not bound as the three were, when cast in; but quite at liberty in their hands and feet, and separate from one another. As this fiery furnace may be an emblem of the fiery trials and afflictive dispensations the children of God pass through in this world, being not joyous, but grievous to the flesh...
True, O king--God extorted this confession from His enemies' own mouths.