Daniel 3:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷ Therefore, when all of the people “heard the sound of the trumpet, the flute, the lyre, the four-stringed lyre, and the harp, playing together along with various other^[a] instruments,” all the “people, nations, and languages” began to fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Daniel’s Friends are Accused

⁸ Just then, certain influential Chaldeans took this opportunity to come forward and denounce the Jews. ⁹ They told King Nebuchadnezzar, “Your majesty, live forever.