Malachi

Malachi was a contemporary of Nehemiah.
Malachi was written to the Israelites who were allowed to return to Israel from the Babylonian captivity under the Decree of Cyrus. Malachi addresses some key factors in the lives of these exiles who had returned to their homeland.
The Priesthood had become corrupt. The people became discouraged and rebelled against the Law of YeHoVaH. The people lost faith in YeHoVaH's ways of living and felt that YeHoVaH was unjust.
The people became hearers, but not d...