Daniel 3:11

and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The Chaldean accusers speak this to King Nebuchadnezzar, detailing the penalty clause of his own decree while pointing out Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego as the specific targets.

The words — יִפֵּ֖ל (yi.Pel) = he will fall down and יִתְרְמֵ֕א (yit.re.Me') = he will be thrown. These verbs frame the decree’s binary choice: physical prostration or violent expulsion into the furnace.

The thread — The threat of fiery punishment for defying a royal idol decree appears in Daniel 3:10 and 3:12. The pattern of state-enforced worship versus faithful refusal echoes in Revelation 13:15.

Why it lands — The text forces a reader to confront the cost of refusing idolatry. It demands a clear-eyed assessment of what obedience to God costs when human authority demands compromise.

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The Hebrew words

וּמַן־u./man-and/ whoever דִּי־di-that לָ֥אla'not יִפֵּ֖לyi.Pelhe will fall down וְיִסְגֻּ֑דve./yis.Gudso/ he may pay homage יִתְרְמֵ֕אyit.re.Me'he will be thrown לְגֽוֹא־le./goy'-to/ [the] midst of אַתּ֥וּן'a.Tun[the] furnace of נוּרָ֖אnu.Ra/'fire/ the יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃ya.Kid.Ta/'<the>/ burning

King James Version

And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.