God sends a message to these Jews through the two prophets. We will read their books shortly.
V.2 Having heard the message from God, they go at rebuilding the house of the Lord with great energy.
V.3, 7 The enemy is still busy.
V.5 They had heard the word of God (in verse 1) now the eye of God is on them! What more did they need? Nor we!
V.6-17 Another letter is sent to the king. This time it is to king Darius, for he had succeeded Artaxerxes. This letter gives a full account of what was going on at Jerusalem. They gave a true and faithful account of what they were doing, and why they were doing it.
V.11 What the Jews had said to the ones who wanted the work to be stopped.
V.12 It was not because of the might of the enemy that Solomon’s temple had been destroyed, but because of their own sin.
V.17 In Babylon a search is made to see if the Jews really had authority from king Cyrus to continue with the work of the house of the Lord.