But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the image which you have set up.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
He. Chaldean, "not "(Calmet)
By this modest yet resolute answer, they testified their faith in God's power, and their determination rather to suffer death (Worthington) than to go against their conscience. (Haydock)
They were ignorant whether God would preserve them from the flames or not, (Worthington) as he is said to have rescued Abraham from a similar danger, 2 Esdras ix. 7.
