Upon hearing the news that his people “are in a very bad plight and in reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its very gates have been burned with fire, ” Nehemiah is deeply disturbed.
وقد حزن جدا لما سمع ان شعبه « في شقاء عظيم وعار ،‏ وسور اورشليم منهدم وأبوابها قد أُحرقت بالنار » .‏