4. Then a herald loudly proclaimed, “To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,
5. that as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, the flute, the zither, the lyre, the harp, the pipes, and all kinds of instruments, you shall fall down and do obeisance to the gold image that Sovereign Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar has set up.
6. “And whoever does not fall down and do obeisance is immediately thrown into the midst of a burning furnace of fire.”