Daniel 3:28 (ASV)

Passage

Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king`s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

Nearby Context

Daniel 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came forth out of the midst of the fire.

Daniel 3:27 And the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king`s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their hosen changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.

Daniel 3:28 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king`s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

Daniel 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god that is able to deliver after this sort.

Daniel 3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nebuchadnezzar", "spake", "said", "blessed", "shadrach", "meshach", "abed-nego", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nebuchadnezzar" and "spake", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "And the satraps the deputies and the..." into verse 29's "Therefore I make a decree that every...", so "nebuchadnezzar" and "spake" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "nebuchadnezzar" and "spake" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.