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Daniel 3:15
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Wohlan schickt euch! Sobald ihr hören werdet den Schall der Posaunen, Drommeten, Harfen, Geigen, Psalter, Lauten und allerlei Saitenspiel, so fallt nieder und betet das Bild an, das ich habe machen lassen! Werdet ihr's nicht anbeten, so sollt ihr von Stund an in den glühenden Ofen geworfen werden. Laßt sehen, wer der Gott sei, der euch aus meiner Hand erretten werde!
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
ye hear: Daniel 3:10
harp: Kaithros in Arabic kitharat, Greek ךיטבסב, the guitar.
sackbut: Sabbecha ףבלגץךח, sambuke, a kind of harp.
psaltery: Pesanter, רבכפחסיןם, a stringed instrument struck with a plectrum; probably similar to what is called a psalterium in Egypt, which Hasselquist describes as a large oblique triangle, with two bottoms two inches from each other, and about twenty catguts of different sizes.
dulcimer: Soomphanya probably the same as the Talmudic סמפון [Strong's H5481], a pipe.
ye fall: Luke 4:7, Luke 4:8
well: Daniel 3:17, Exodus 32:32, Luke 13:9
and who: Daniel 3:28, Daniel 3:29, Daniel 6:16, Daniel 6:20, Exodus 5:2, 2 Kings 18:35, 2 Chronicles 32:15-17, Isaiah 36:20, Isaiah 37:23, Matthew 27:43
we are: Matthew 10:19, Mark 13:11, Luke 12:11, Luke 21:14, Luke 21:15, Acts 4:8-12, Acts 4:19, Acts 5:29, Acts 6:15, Acts 24:10-13
Reciprocal: Genesis 44:18 - as Pharaoh Judges 18:28 - And there 2 Samuel 6:5 - David 1 Kings 19:2 - if I 2 Kings 18:22 - We trust 2 Kings 18:29 - Let not 2 Chronicles 21:11 - compelled Job 10:7 - and there Psalms 11:3 - what Psalms 12:4 - who Psalms 14:6 - Ye Psalms 71:11 - for there Psalms 73:9 - set Proverbs 30:31 - against Ecclesiastes 2:8 - musical instruments Ecclesiastes 8:4 - the word Isaiah 36:14 - General Isaiah 36:18 - Hath Isaiah 50:2 - have I Isaiah 51:13 - were ready Jeremiah 9:23 - neither Jeremiah 44:16 - we Ezekiel 36:20 - These Daniel 2:9 - there is Daniel 3:5 - the cornet Daniel 3:6 - falleth Daniel 3:20 - to bind Micah 7:10 - Where Matthew 13:42 - cast Matthew 20:25 - exercise dominion John 19:10 - knowest Ephesians 6:9 - forbearing Hebrews 7:25 - he is James 3:5 - so
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye shall hear,.... The meaning is, that if they were disposed in mind, which the king was very desirous they should, both for his own honour, and for their safety, for whom he had a regard; and were willing to comply with his orders, and readily yield obedience to his will, and worship his idol; the following would be a signal to them, and all would be well with them: or it may be rendered, "when now ye shall be, that at what time ye shall hear" q; for the word signifies future, as well as "ready", and is by some so translated; and the sense is, when it shall be, or for the future, that they should hear
the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music; which was played not once only, but perhaps at certain times every day, and designed to be continued:
ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; it is well; so doing the king's wrath would be appeased, their lives would be preserved, and they continued in his favour, and in their honourable posts:
but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; immediately, without any delay; no reprieve will be granted, and much less a pardon:
and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? he knew their confidence in the God of Israel, which he attempts to break and remove; he foresaw the objection they would make, which he endeavours to anticipate by this proud and vain boast, forgetting what he himself had said, Daniel 2:47.
q הן איתיכון עתידין "si futuri estis", Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Now, if ye be ready, that at what time ... - At the very time; on the very instant. It would seem probable from this that the ceremonies of the consecration of the image were prolonged for a considerable period, so that there was still an opportunity for them to unite in the service if they would. The supposition that such services would be continued through several days is altogether probable, and accords with what was usual on festival occasions. It is remarkable that the king was willing to give them another trial, to see whether they were disposed or not to worship the golden image. To this he might have been led by the apprehension that they had not understood the order, or that they had not duly considered the subject; and possibly by respect for them as faithful officers, and for their countryman Daniel. There seems, moreover, to have been in the bosom of this monarch, with all his pride and passion, a readiness to do justice, and to furnish an opportunity of a fair trial before he proceeded to extremities. See Daniel 2:16, Daniel 2:26, Daniel 2:46-47,
And who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? - That is, he either supposed that the God whom they worshipped would not be “able” to deliver them, or that he would not be “disposed” to do it. It was a boast of Sennacherib, when he warred against the Jews, that none of the gods of the nations which he had conquered had been able to rescue the lands over which they presided, and he argued from these premises that the God whom the Hebrews worshipped would not be able to defend their country: “Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?” Isaiah 36:18-20. Nebuchadnezzar seems to have reasoned in a similar manner, and with a degree of vain boasting that strongly resembled this, calling their attention to the certain destruction which awaited them if they did not comply with his demand.
