Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual.
Daniel 3:19
Words: Charles Wesley, Short Hymns (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762), volume 2, number 1294, alt.
Music: Foster Percy S. Foster, 1901 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Foster (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Let fierce, horrific kings appear,
And all their terrors show;
True Israelites disdain to fear
A stingless, baffled foe;
Tho’ seven times hotter than before
The torturing fires increase,
The Lord our God whom we adore
Can save His witnesses.
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