Matthew 23:38

“Behold your house is left unto you desolate.] Signifying that the city in which they dwelt, where they had their ceiled houses, and stately palaces, would, in a little time, within the space of forty years, be destroyed, and become a desert; and the temple, formerly the house of God, but now only their’s, and in which they trusted, would be abandoned by God, he would grant his presence no more in it; and the Messiah, the proprietor of it, and who was now in it, would then take his leave of it, and never more return to it; and that also should share the same fate as the city, and at the same time. Our Lord seems to have in view those passages in (<241207>Jeremiah 12:7 22:5) and which the…”

“Behold, your house--the temple, beyond all doubt; but their house now, not the Lord's. See on Mat 22:7. is left unto you desolate--deserted, that is, of its Divine Inhabitant. But who is that? Hear the next words:”

“Your 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 24:0. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Behold your house - The temple, which is now your house, not God's: Is left unto you - Our Lord spake this as he was going out of it for the last time: Desolate - Forsaken of God and his Christ, and sentenced to utter destruction. Matthew 23:39”

“23:38 your house is abandoned and desolate: God would withdraw his presence from the Temple (Ezek 10:18-19; 11:22-23; cp. Matt 1:23), and both the Temple and Jerusalem would be destroyed.”

“Mat 24:2; Ch2 7:20, Ch2 7:21; Psa 69:24; Isa 64:10-12; Jer 7:9-14; Dan 9:26; Zac 11:1, Zac 11:2, Zac 11:6, Zac 14:1, Zac 14:2; Mar 13:14; Luk 13:35, Luk 19:43, Luk 19:44, Luk 21:6, Luk 21:20, Luk 21:24; Act 6:13, Act 6:14 Matthew 23:39”