The golden image

1King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, its height sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

2Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to assemble the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

3Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces were assembled for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

4And the herald cried aloud, “To you it is proclaimed, O peoples, nations, and languages:”

5At the time when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you are to fall down and pay homage to the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

6And whoever does not fall down and worship shall in that hour be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

7Therefore, at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, psaltery, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.