Yet thou sayest; or interrogatively, Darest thou say? hast thou the impudence to affirm it?
Innocent; clear of this whole charge. Shall turn; shall not break out against me, Isa_5:25.
I will plead with thee; I will proceed in my judgment against thee, Jer_2:9Jer_25:31. Or it is a soft expression, wherein he shows that he will not act like a tyrant, carried on rashly and furiously; but as a judge, regularly and righteously, Eze_20:35; and it shows that he will convince her.
Because thou sayest, I have not sinned; because thou dost justify thyself, as if I had no cause to be angry with thee. God is not angry with her so much because she hath sinned, as because she will not acknowledge her sin.