“The demand to worship the image was not specifically targeted at Daniel's three Hebrew friends. They were simply caught up in the situation because they were civil servants of the government of Babylon- positions for which they had been brought as exiles to Babylon from Judah and to which they had been appointed by the end of chapter 2 (see vs 49). Like them, we, too, may be carried along by the force of circumstances over which we have no direct control. There comes a time, however, when those who follow God have to take a stand for the right and be counted. We cannot always flow with the crowd, no matter how tempting it may be to do so.” (William Shea, Daniel, p.74-75)