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: 2Ch 32:12-13; 2Ki 22:18-19; Psa 34:18, Psa 51:17; Isa 57:15, Isa 66:2; Eze 9:4; Eze 36:26
humble: 2Ch 32:26, 2Ch 33:12, 2Ch 33:19; Jam 4:6-10