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Look,ἰδοὺyour houseὁ οἶκος ὑμῶνis leftἀφίεταιto youὑμῖνdesolate.ἔρημος
Matthew 23:38
Study it in the app“Look, your house is left to you desolate.”
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Matthew 23:38, word by word
- your houseοἶκοςoikos
house
The place where one lives; also the temple, God's dwelling.
Where else “oikos” appears- is leftἀφίεταιaphietai
leave
To part from something or someone and go on without it.
Where else “aphietai” appears- desolateἔρημοςerēmos
desolate
A lonely or abandoned place.
Where else “erēmos” appears
Translation note
It recalls Jeremiah 22:5 and 12:7, where God announces that he abandons his house.
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Lament over Jerusalem
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
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Matthew 23:37-39
37Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing! 38Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39For I tell you, you will never see me from now until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
34Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children the way a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 35Look, your house is left to you. And I tell you, you will never see me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
The context
37Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing!
38 · This verse (above)
39For I tell you, you will never see me from now until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
To study Matthew 23 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus criticize the scribes and Pharisees for regarding how they burden others and how they themselves live (vv. 3–4)?
2. What it means
Why does Jesus say “the greatest among you will be your servant” (vv. 11–12)?
3. How I live it
Jesus criticizes doing things to be seen (v. 5). What good thing could you do today without anyone noticing?