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.
وی با شنیدن این خبر که قومش « در مصیبت سخت و افتضاح می‌باشند و حصار اورشلیم خراب و دروازه‌هایش به آتش سوخته شده است » بسیار متأثر و ناراحت گردید .‏