because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.
and thin herte was aferd, and thou were maad meke bifor þe Lord, whanne þe wordis weren herd ayens this place and ayens þe dwelleris þerof, þat is, þat þei schulden be maad in to wondryng, and in to cursyng, and thou to-rentist thi clothis, and weptist bifor me, and Y herde, seith þe Lord;