Every wise woman ¹  builds ²  her household, ³  but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

And there are times when I promise to build up and establish ¹  a nation or kingdom.

‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.

I will restore Judah and Israel ¹  and will rebuild them as they were in days of old. ² 

We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.

Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ¹ 

Now ¹  while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s slave girls ²  came by.

This Jesus ¹  is the stone that was rejected by you, ²  the builders, that has become the cornerstone. ³ 

He ¹  found favor ²  with ³  God and asked that he could ⁴  find a dwelling place ⁵  for the house ⁶  of Jacob.

Yet the Most High ¹  does not live in houses made by human hands, ²  as the prophet says,

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.

Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky ¹  and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him. ² 

Hezekiah ¹  energetically rebuilt ²  every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, ³  and fortified the terrace of the City of David. ⁴  He made many weapons and shields.

“I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work. ¹ 

Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues ¹  arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated ²  it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred ³  and ⁴  the Tower of Hananel.

So know and understand: From the issuing of the command ¹  to restore and rebuild Jerusalem ²  until an anointed one, a prince arrives, ³  there will be a period of seven weeks ⁴  and sixty-two weeks. It will again be built, ⁵  with plaza and moat, but in distressful times.