KJV ORIGINAL
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
So when everyone heard the horns, flutes, harps, and all the other instruments start playing, people from every nation and language group dropped to their knees and worshipped the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had put up.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When the music played, everyone bowed down to the king's golden statue — peer pressure on a massive scale.
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