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

36Amen, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.” 37“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! Look, your house is left to you desolate! 39For I tell you, you will never see Me again until you say, ‘ Baruch ha-ba b’shem Adonai. Blessed is He 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 24:2“Don’t you see all these?” He responded to them. “Amen, I tell you, not one stone will be left here on top of another—every one will be torn down!”
• 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot them from My land which I gave them, and this House which I have consecrated for My Name I will cast out of My sight. I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
• Psalms 69:24Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see and their backs be bent forever.
• Isaiah 64:10Our holy and beautiful House, where our fathers praised You, Has been burned with fire— all our pleasant things are laid waste.
• Jeremiah 7:9Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and perjury, and offer incense to Baal and walk after other gods whom you have not known—
• Daniel 9:26Then after the 62 weeks Mashiach will be cut off and have nothing. Then the people of a prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. But his end will come like a flood. Until the end of the war that is decreed there will be destruction.
• Zechariah 11:1Open your gates, Lebanon— fire will devour your cedars!
• Zechariah 14:1Behold, a day of Adonai is coming when your plunder will be divided 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 left to you desolate! For I tell you, you will never see Me until you say, ‘Baruch ha-ba b’shem Adonai. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
• Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will surround you with barricades and hem you in on all sides.
• Luke 21:6“As for these things you are looking at, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another. Every one will be torn down!”
• Acts 6:13They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking words against this holy place and the Torah.

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