19. Then Nebuchadnezzar lost his temper, and his face turned red with anger at Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So he ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual.
20. And he commanded the strongest men in his army to tie the three men up and throw them into the blazing furnace.
21. So they tied them up, fully dressed — shirts, robes, caps, and all — and threw them into the blazing furnace.
22. Now because the king had given strict orders for the furnace to be made extremely hot, the flames burnt up the guards who took the men to the furnace.