LEB(i)
16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego answered and said to the king, Nebuchadnezzar, "We have no need on this matter ⌊to present a defense to you⌋.*
17 ⌊If it is so⌋,* our God, whom we serve, is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire. And from your hand, O king, let him rescue us.
18 And if not, let it be known to you, O king, that ⌊we will not serve your gods⌋,* and the statue of gold* that you have set up we will not worship."