24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and stood up in haste ; he said to his high officials , "Was it not three men we cast bound into the midst of the fire ?" They replied to the king , "Certainly , O king ." 25 He said , "Look ! I see four men loosed and walking about in the midst of the fire without harm , and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods !" 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of blazing fire ; he responded and said , "Shadrach , Meshach and Abed-nego , come out, you servants of the Most High God , and come here !" Then Shadrach , Meshach and Abed-nego came out of the midst of the fire . 27 The satraps , the prefects , the governors and the king's high officials gathered around and saw in regard to these men that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men nor was the hair of their head singed , nor were their trousers damaged , nor had the smell of fire even come upon them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Daniel 3:24-27
Commentary on Daniel 3:19-27
(Read Daniel 3:19-27)
Let Nebuchadnezzar heat his furnace as hot as he can, a few minutes will finish the torment of those cast into it; but hell-fire tortures, and yet does not kill. Those who worshipped the beast and his image, have no rest, no pause, no moment free from pain, Hebrews 12:29. Could we but see into the eternal world, we should behold the persecuted believer safe from the malice of his foes, while they are exposed to the wrath of God, and tormented in unquenchable fires.