Lam 3:33, 2Pe 3:9 | JFB | STEP | 31-33. True repentance is never without hope ( ).

‏ Lamentations 3:33

31-33. True repentance is never without hope (Psa 94:14).

9. slack--slow, tardy, late; exceeding the due time, as though that time were already come. He 10:37, "will not tarry."

his promise--which the scoffers cavil at. 2Pe 3:4, "Where is the promise?" It shall be surely fulfilled "according to His promise" (2Pe 3:13).

some--the "scoffers."

count--His promise to be the result of "slackness" (tardiness).

long-suffering--waiting until the full number of those appointed to "salvation" (2Pe 3:15) shall be completed.

to us-ward--The oldest manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac, &c., read, "towards YOU."

any--not desiring that any, yea, even that the scoffers, should perish, which would be the result if He did not give space for repentance.

come--go and be received to repentance: the Greek implies there is room for their being received to repentance (compare Greek, Mr 2:2; Joh 8:37).