Why does the ruler turn against the Jews after previously allowing their temple worship?
The supplied context gives no explicit cause. It only reports that the ruler who earlier granted the Jews permission for temple worship and acted benevolently toward them then turns on them, directing his hatred against them. His reversal is described as persecution of the Jewish people, not explained by a stated motive.
Les explains that this ruler had earlier given the Jews permission for temple worship and had been more or less benevolent to them, but he now turns his hatred on them. The passage then describes the escaping remnant of Jews as a woman given two wings of a great eagle to fly into the wilderness, to a place designated by a sovereign God. There she is nourished and protected for time, times, and half a time—three and a half years—from the face of the serpent. Les connects this to Exodus, where Israel was isolated in Goshen from the plagues after the third plague, with a line placed between Egypt and Goshen. Just so, this escaping remnant will be providentially protected while the ravages of the tribulation tear at the world around them.
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Who turns against the Jews after earlier permitting their temple worship?
The ruler who previously allowed the Jews to have temple worship and was relatively benevolent toward them later turns his hatred against them.