18 We promise with all our heartsto worship and obey youand to continue praying.
19 So please be patient with usand show us your mercy.
20 Work a miracle and rescue us,so that you, Lord,will be honored.
21 We, your servants, praythat those who have harmed uswill be disgraced;crush their mighty powerso they will fail.
22 Show them that you aloneare the glorious Lord God,the Ruler of all the earth.
23 After the king's servants threw Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah into the furnace, the servants kept tossing in oil, tar, dried flax plants, and small pieces of firewood.
24 The flames blazed up 22 meters above the furnace,