Daniel 3:14 (GNV)

Passage

And Nebuchad-nezzar spake, and said vnto them, What disorder? will not you, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego serue my god, nor worship the golden image, that I haue set vp?

Nearby Context

Daniel 3:12 There are certeine Iewes whome thou hast set ouer the charge of ye prouince of Babel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: these men, O King, haue not regarded thy commandement, neither wil they serue thy gods, nor worship the golden image, that thou hast set vp.

Daniel 3:13 Then Nebuchad-nezzar in his anger and wrath commanded that they should bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: so these men were brought before the King.

Daniel 3:14 And Nebuchad-nezzar spake, and said vnto them, What disorder? will not you, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego serue my god, nor worship the golden image, that I haue set vp?

Daniel 3:15 Now therefore are ye ready when ye heare the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, sackebut, psalterie, and dulcimer, and all instruments of musike, to fall downe, and worship the image, which I haue made? for if ye worship it not, ye shall be cast immediatly into the middes of an hote fierie fornace: for who is that God, that can deliuer you out of mine handes?

Daniel 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the King, O Nebuchad-nezzar, we are not carefull to answere thee in this matter.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nebuchad-nezzar", "spake", "said", "vnto", "disorder", "shadrach", "meshach", and "abednego". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nebuchad-nezzar" and "spake", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Then Nebuchad-nezzar in his anger and wrath..." into verse 15's "Now therefore are ye ready when ye...", so "nebuchad-nezzar" 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 "nebuchad-nezzar" and "spake" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.