Because thine heart was (q) tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard [thee] also, saith the LORD.
(q) This declares the end of God's threatenings, to call his to repentance, and to assure the unrepentant of their destruction.