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might not serve nor worship any god,

except their own God.”

So we find that when Shadrach, Meshach,

and Abednego are confronted with a

compromise, they basically say, “We don't

have to think about it; we don't have to

discuss it; we don't have to pray about it. We

know what we're to do.” And then the king

testified that they trusted in their God and

they yielded their bodies. And here's the

result of all of that: Verse 29, “Therefore I

make a decree, That every people, nation,

and language, which speak any thing amiss

against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and

Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their

houses shall be made a dunghill: because

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