Nehemiah 13

Nehemiah was zealous for God's law, and was shocked when the other Jews weren't.

I'm sure they never meant to disobey. I doubt they ever set out to rebel against God. But a little compromise made it a little easier to compromise the next time, and so forth, until Nehemiah had to step in and straighten them out. That couldn't have been pleasant, for them or for him.

Esther will start on Monday.