Matthew 23:38

Matthew 23:38 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
• New International Version (NIV)Look, your house is left to you desolate.
• English Standard Version (ESV)See, your house is left to you desolate.
• New King James Version (NKJV)See! Your house is left to you desolate;

Context of Matthew 23:38

36I can guarantee this truth: The people living now will be held accountable for all these things. 37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone to death those sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings! But you were not willing! Your house will be abandoned, deserted. 39I can guarantee that you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”

Matthew 23:38 word by word

ἰδοὺ ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν ἔρημος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• houseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• houseοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624
• is leftἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863
• desolateἔρημοςerēmos · desertedG2048

Cross-references for Matthew 23:38

• Matthew 24:2Jesus said to them, “You see all these buildings, don’t you? I can guarantee this truth: Not one of these stones will be left on top of another. Each one will be torn down.”
• 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot Israel from the land I gave them. I will reject this temple that I declared holy for my name. I will make it an example and an object of ridicule for all the people of the world.
• Psalms 69:24Pour your rage on them. Let your burning anger catch up with them.
• Isaiah 64:10Your holy cities have become a desert. Zion has become a desert. Jerusalem is a wasteland.
• Jeremiah 7:9You steal, murder, commit adultery, lie when you take oaths, burn incense as an offering to Baal, and run after other gods that you do not know.
• Daniel 9:26But after the sixty-two sets of seven time periods, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The city and the holy place will be destroyed with the prince who is to come. His end will come with a flood until the end of the destructive war that has been determined.
• Zechariah 11:1Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire will be able to burn down your cedars.
• Zechariah 14:1A day is going to come for the Lord when the loot you have taken will be divided among you.
• Mark 13:14“When you see the disgusting thing that will cause destruction standing where it should not (let the reader take note), those of you in Judea should flee to the mountains.
• Luke 13:35Your house will be abandoned. I can guarantee that you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”
• Luke 19:43The time will come when enemy armies will build a wall to surround you and close you in on every side.
• Luke 21:6“About these buildings that you see—the time will come when not one of these stones will be left on top of another. Each one will be torn down.”
• Acts 6:13Some witnesses stood up and lied about Stephen. They said, “This man never stops saying bad things about the holy place and Moses’ Teachings.

Commentaries on Matthew 23:38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 38Behold, your house - , the temple: - this is certainly what is meant. It was once the Lord's temple, God's Own house; but now he says, Your temple or house - to intimate that God had abandoned it. See the note on Matthew 23:21; see also on Luke 13:35; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38Your house - The temple. The house of worship of the Jews. The chief ornament of Jerusalem. Desolate - About to be desolate or destroyed. To be forsaken as a place of worship, and delivered into the hands of the Romans, and destroyed. See the notes at Matthew 24.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 34-39Verses 34-39 Our Lord declares the miseries the inhabitants of Jerusalem were about to bring upon themselves, but he does not notice the sufferings he was to undergo. A hen gathering her chickens under her wings, is an apt emblem of the Saviour's tender love to those who trust in him, and his faithful care of them. He calls sinners to take refuge under his tender protection, keeps them safe, and nourishes them to eternal life. The present dispersion and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 38your house is left to you desolate: God would leave the temple (Ezekiel 10:18–19; 11:22–23; compare Matthew 1:23). Then God would allow the destruction of both the temple and Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3838. Behold, your house--the temple, beyond all doubt; but their house now, not the Lord's. See on Mt 22:7. is left unto you desolate--deserted, that is, of its Divine Inhabitant. But who is that? Hear the next words:Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 23:38

• Impenitence
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jerusalem
• Jesus Continued
• Opportunity

In the dictionaries

• Abase
• Bewray
• Devour
• Exalt
• Fill
• Gnat
• Ought
• Partaker
• Scribes
• Sit

Commentaries on Matthew 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings