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.
Uzzinājis, ka viņa tautieši ” ir lielā nelaimē un kaunā; Jeruzālemes mūŗi ir noplēsti, tās vārti ir sadedzināti ugunī ”, Nehemija ir dziļi satraukts.