The accusation

8For this reason, at that time certain Chaldean men came forward and maliciously accused the Jews.

9They answered and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!”

10You, O king, have issued a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe, and every kind of music, must fall down and worship the golden image.

11And whoever does not fall down and worship shall be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

12There are certain Jewish men whom you have appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. These men have paid no attention to you, O king: they do not serve your gods, and they do not worship the golden image that you have set up.