false prophets that they are blessed covenant members (7:8). In fact, they declare that they are saved (7:10 נִצַּ֫לְנוּ,) even while their hearts are far from God and they violate the central tenets of the Torah. In verse 9, the commands are listed not as words of life to obey but as the abominations they are doing. The negated prohibitions are reversed—each is expressed in positive terms as an infinitive absolute. In the following sections, we will see why this form is used and what this curious