Ngemuva kwekwakha kabusha lubondza lwaseJerusalema, Nehemiya waba nalenye inkinga. Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, lesive sema-Israyeli sayekela kukhonta Jehova ngendlela layemukelako. Nehemiya, Ezra naMalakhi basebenta ngekubambisana kute babuyisele kukhonta lokuhlantekile.