Nehemiah 1:2-4

2Hanani, who was one of my relatives, along with some of the men from Judah, came to me, and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem.

3They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!”

4When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.