Matthew 23:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

your... you. Very emphatic. At the beginning of the Lord's ministry it was "My Father's house" (John 2:16); but at the end, after His rejection, it was "your house".

house: i.e. the Temple, where He was speaking.

is left. is being left. See Matthew 24:1.

desolate. Every "house" and every place is "desolate" where Christ is not.

Matthew 23:38

38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.