your house. the Temple. It had been Jehovah's house. Compare John 2:16. Now it was no longer owned as His. Compare Luke 19:46.
desolate. Every place is "desolate" where Christ is not.
verily. See note on Matthew 5:18.
not. by no means. Greek. ou me. App-105. until. Greek. heos an all the texts omit "an", but it does not alter the conditional sense, which is in the verb).
Blessed. Figure of speech Benedictio, as in Luke 1:42; Luke 19:38. not Beatitude, as in Luke 12:37; Luke 12:38; Luke 12:43, or Luke 14:14; Luke 14:15. Quoted from Psalms 118:26. Referring to the final and national repentance of Israel, which might have been then (Acts 3:18-20)near, but Acts 28:25-28 is yet future, while all blessedness has been postponed.
He That cometh. the coming One.
LORD. Jehovah. App-4 and App-98.