Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
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Daniel 3:7 in context
Daniel 3:4–10
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Then the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,
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that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.
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Whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace the same hour.”
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Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
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Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near and brought accusation against the Jews.
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They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, “O king, live for ever!
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You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music shall fall down and worship the golden image;
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