2 Chronicles 12:7

2Ch 12:7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

Ver. 7. They have humbled themselves, &c. ] After a sort they had. Now if the leaves of this tree of humiliation be so sovereign, what are the fruits? If the shadow so effectual, what the substance?

But I will grant them some deliverance. ] Or, A little deliverance. So gracious is the Lord, and liberal to all.

And my wrath shall not be poured out. ] See on 2 Chronicles 12:5 . "In the midst of judgment he remembereth mercy": and suffereth not his whole wrath to arise against sinners, lest they should be utterly taken away by that tempest.