So he blessed them that day, saying, "The Israelites will use your names when they pronounce blessings. They will say, 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.' " In this way Jacob put Ephraim before Manasseh.

The leaders and the others said, "Yes, we are witnesses. May the LORD make your wife become like Rachel and Leah, who bore many children to Jacob. May you become rich in the clan of Ephrath and famous in Bethlehem.

My chosen people will use your name as a curse. I, the Sovereign LORD, will put you to death. But I will give a new name to those who obey me.

Whoever does not love the Lord---a curse on him! Marana tha---Our Lord, come!

Anyone who does not bow down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."

So they tied them up, fully dressed---shirts, robes, caps, and all---and threw them into the blazing furnace.