Ezra starts magnificently. God is in the restoration business, and is able to do it through Cyrus - a foreign king. Even better that king acknowledges God for himself. Its a great moment.
The rebuilding work gets started, the people seek God by re-starting the sacrifices. There is a long way to go until the temple is rebuilt, but things are definitely looking up.
So why, in chapter 4, are things brought to a halt by opposition? Why can't God over-rule the subsequent kings and ensure things keep going (as indeed seems to happen eventually when king Darius comes to power)? Why does God allow the hiccup?
The text gives us no answers. Presumably God has His reasons.
Sometimes things seem to get stalled, or have spanners inserted in the works, for no obvious reason. Not much more can be said.
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