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affairs
matters having to do with government
Shadrach ... Meshach ... Abednego
These are the Babylonian names of the three Jewish friends of Daniel. See how you translated these names in Daniel 1:7.
pay no attention to you
"do not pay attention to you"
prostrate themselves
They would do this to worship the statue. Alternate translation: "stretch themselves out on the ground face down in worship" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction)
the golden statue you have set up
Nebuchadnezzar commanded his men to do this work, he did not do the work himself. Alternate translation: "the golden statue your men have set up" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)