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that day with these words
"that day, saying"
The people of Israel will pronounce blessings by your names saying
"The people of Israel will speak your names when they are blessing others"
by your names saying, 'May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh'
"by your names. They will ask God to make others like Ephraim and like Manasseh"
Israel put Ephraim before Manasseh
Giving Ephraim the greater blessing and making him more important than Manasseh is spoken of as if Israel physically put Ephraim in front of Manasseh.