Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
Ver. 3. Nevertheless there are good things found in thee.] Therefore God, rewarding his own graces in thee, will not suffer his whole wrath to arise against thee, but even in judgment remember mercy. Thus God "spareth" his people, "as a man spareth his own son that serveth him." Mal 3:17 See Trapp on " Mal 3:17 " As for the good works we do, Certum est nos facere quod facimus, sed Deus facit ut faciamus; He doeth all.