Nehemiah 1:2-3 ▼

2 And came in Hanani, one of my brothers—he and men from Judah—and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity of my brothers, and concerning Jerusalem.

3 And they said to me, “The remnant who are left from the captivity there in the province are in great distress, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with the fire.”