23 The king's servants who had thrown the three men into the furnace kept the fire hot by feeding it with oil, tar, flax, and brushwood.
24 The flames blazed up to a height of more than twenty metres
25 and even spread out and burnt up the Babylonians standing near the furnace.
26 But an angel of the Lord came down into the fire where the three men were. He pushed aside the flames
27 so that it felt as if a cool breeze were blowing, and the fire did not touch the men at all or hurt them in any way.
28 There in the furnace the three young men again started singing together in praise of God:
29 “We praise you, O Lord, the God of our ancestors.