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

Esther, Mordecai, and the Jewish people get the victory over their enemies in Persia with God's help.   Esther 8:1-17; 9:1-17, 18-32; 10:1-3

Mordecai and Esther respond to Haman's irreversible decree to annihilate the Jews in Persia.  God's intervention is evident.  Esther 4:4-17; 5:1-14; 6:1-14; 7:1--10

Esther's story continues.  She is chosen by the king, and we meet Haman, enemy of the Jews.  Esther 2:1-10, 11-18, 19-23; 3:1-6,7-15; 4:1-3

Zechariah ends his ministry with an exciting prophecy about the End Times' Day of the Lord and we begin the Book of Esther.  Zechariah 14:1-11, 12-21; Esther 1:1-22

Zechariah's prophecies concern Jesus' (The Good Shepherd's) first  and second coming as well as the coming of the Foolish Shepherd, the Antichrist.  Zechariah 11:1-17, 12:1-14, 13:1-9, Leviticus 26:18-26, Revelation 7:16-17, Matthew 26:31. jewishroots.net

Zechariah gives to Jews who have returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt the Temple, prophecies extending to End Times.  Psalm 149; Hebrews 4:11-13; Revelation 1:15-16, 2:12-13; Ps 150; Zechariah 9:1-8, 9-17, 10:1-12; Jeremiah 14:8

Finally, the returned Jews get to celebrate the completion of the Temple and they begin sacrifices and feast celebrations again.  Ezra 6:14-22; Psalms 48, 81, 146, 147, 148

Zechariah has prophetic visions for the Jews, including the book with the seven seals.  Zechariah 5:1-14; 6:1-15; 7:1-14; 8:1-23, Commentaries:  Matthew Henry, Jamison, Fausset, Brown, and Adam Clarke