1. King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue ninety feet high and nine feet wide and set it up on the plain of Dura in the area of Babylon.
2. Then he called for the leaders: the governors, assistant governors, captains of the soldiers, people who advised the king, keepers of the treasury, judges, rulers, and all other officers in his kingdom. He wanted them to come to the special service for the statue he had set up.
3. So they all came for the special service and stood in front of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4. Then the man who made announcements for the king said in a loud voice, “People, nations, and those of every language, this is what you are commanded to do:
5. When you hear the sound of the horns, flutes, lyres, zithers, harps, pipes, and all the other musical instruments, you must bow down and worship the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.