The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
Ver. 6. The Lord repented for this] As he is gracious, Exodus 22:27, and quickly repenteth him of the evil, Joel 2:13. Redire nos, non perire desiderat (Chrysologus). "I said, I would scatter them into corners," &c., Deuteronomy 32:26,27. Mercy could not behold such strange wrath and cruelty and not weep herself even sick, as it were.
This also shall not be, saith the Lord] So ready is he to yield himself overcome by the suits of his servants, Flectitur iratus voce rogante Deus. See Amos 7:3 .