¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we^◦ will not return an answer to thee hurriedly concerning this matter^▫.

¹⁵ And it was given to him to give spirit to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as do not worship the image of the beast should be killed.