Lament over Jerusalem
Matthew 23:38
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Look, your house is left to you desolate.NE and WH do not include desolate.
- KJV
- Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
- WEB
- Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
- ASV
- Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
- LSV
- Behold, your house is left to you desolate;
- YLT
- Lo, left desolate to you is your house;
- DBY
- Behold, your house is left unto you desolate;
- DRC
- Behold, you house shall be left to you, desolate.
- GNV
- Beholde, your habitation shalbe left vnto you desolate,
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἔρημος (“desolate”); Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
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- SBLGNT: ἔρημος. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἔρημος; Westcott and Hort (1881) omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἰδοὺ ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν ἔρημος.
- RP2018
- Ἰδού, ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν ἔρημος.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἰδού, ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν ἔρημος.
- SCR1894
- ιδου αφιεται υμιν ο οικος υμων ερημος
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DesolateOpportunityScribesEthics of JesusThessalonians, the Second Epistle of Paul to theApocalyptic LiteratureProtectionSins, NationalReproofImpenitence
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 22:5But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”
- Luke 13:35Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
- Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
- Luke 21:6“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
- Luke 21:20But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
- 1 Kings 9:7then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
- Acts 6:13–14where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs…
- Luke 19:43–44For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one…
- Mark 13:14So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- Matthew 24:2“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
- Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end…
- Zechariah 11:1–2Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars! Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!
- Isaiah 64:10–12Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us…
- 2 Chronicles 7:20–21then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples. And when…
- Psalms 69:24Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
- Zechariah 11:6For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not…
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