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"Bring disgrace and shame on all who harm us. Take away their might and power and crush their strength.
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Let them know that you alone are Lord and God and that you rule in majesty over the whole world."
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The king's servants who had thrown the three men into the furnace kept the fire hot by feeding it with oil, tar, flax, and brushwood.
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The flames blazed up to a height of seventy-five feet
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and even spread out and burned up the Babylonians standing near the furnace.
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But an angel of the Lord came down into the fire where the three men were. He pushed aside the flames
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so that it felt as if a cool breeze were blowing, and the fire did not touch the men at all or hurt them in any way.
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There in the furnace the three young men again started singing together in praise of God:
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"We praise you, O Lord, the God of our ancestors.
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May your glorious, holy name be held in honor and reverence forever.
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May hymns be sung to your glory forever and may your holy presence be praised in that temple,