וַיִּשְׁלַ֡ח יְהוָה֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֧ם עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם בְּיַ֥ד מַלְאָכָ֖יו הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם וְשָׁל֑וֹחַ כִּֽי־חָמַ֥ל עַל־עַמּ֖וֹ וְעַל־מְעוֹנֽוֹ׃
Und der HERR, der Gott ihrer Väter, sandte ihnen von seinen Gesandten und sandte zwischendurch und oft; weil er Mitleid mit seinem Volk und mit seiner Wohnung hatte;
Rashi on II Chronicles
And the Lord...sent upon them All this is an acknowledgment of divine justice, so that you should not say that He did not forewarn them to repent of their evil ways, as it is written: “grasped forever His anger and kept His fury forever (Amos 1:12).” Therefore, it is stated: “And the Lord God of their forefathers sent upon them through His messengers,” and forewarned them to repent of their evil, and not once a year or a month, but every day, “sending them with every fresh morn.”
Rashi on II Chronicles
for He had pity on His people and did not desire their death.
Rashi on II Chronicles
and on His abode on the abode of the Temple, for even a flesh and blood king has pity on his people and on his abode, not to destroy them.