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,
25 and they also shot out from the furnace and burned the Babylonians who were standing nearby.
26 But one of the Lord's angels came down into the furnace to protect Azariah and his two friends. The angel forced the flames out of the furnace,
27 so that the inside of the furnace felt as if a cool breeze were blowing. The fire didn't touch the three men at all, and it caused them no pain or trouble.