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 tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things! 37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it! Look, your house is left to you desolate! 39For I tell you, you will not see me from now 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 24:2And he said to them, “Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”
• 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations.
• Psalms 69:24Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!
• Isaiah 64:10Your chosen cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.
• Jeremiah 7:9You steal. You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to other gods whom you have not previously known.
• Daniel 9:26Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction.
• Zechariah 11:1Open your gates, Lebanon, so that the fire may consume your cedars.
• Zechariah 14:1A day of the Lord is about to come when your possessions will be divided as plunder in your midst.
• Mark 13:14“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.
• Luke 13:35Look, your house is forsaken! And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
• Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.
• Luke 21:6“As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”
• Acts 6:13They brought forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

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

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• Devour
• Exalt
• Fill
• Gnat
• Ought
• Partaker
• Scribes
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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