Nehemiah goes back to Jerusalem and implements a smart and successful strategy to rebuild the walls, with big implications for us! Nehemiah 2:4-16,17-20;3:1-16,17-32; 4:1-6,7-23 

Ezra works to cleanup the issue in Jerusalem of pagan wives.  Fourteen years later, back in Persia, Nehemiah hears that things are still not going well.  Ezra 7:8-10; 8:33-36; 9:1-15; 10:1-17,18-44;Nehemiah 1:1-11; 2:1-4

Malachi speaks of the Day of the Lord and the Book of Remembrance.  Ezra gathers resources to return to Jerusalem and get the Temple going.  Malachi 3:6-15,16-18;4:1-6; Ezra 7:1-28;8:1-32; Luke 11:37-42, haaretz.com 

Through the prophet Malachi, God expresses His disappointment at Judah's lackluster worship and has a few lessons for us as well.  Malachi 1:1-14; 2:1-9, 10-16,17; 3:1-5