Because: "Because," says the Targumist, "thy heart was melted, and thou hast humbled thyself in the sight of the word of the Lord, meymra dyya:, when thou didst hear His words, yath pithgamoi:, against this place." Here meymra:, the personal word, is plainly distinguished from pithgam:, a word spoken.
thine heart: 2 Chronicles 32:12-13; 2 Kings 22:18-19; Psalms 34:18, Psalms 51:17; Isaiah 57:15, Isaiah 66:2; Ezekiel 9:4; Ezekiel 36:26
didst rend: 2 Chronicles 34:19; Jeremiah 36:23-24
I have even: Psalms 10:17; Isaiah 65:24