Nehemiah 1:2-4

MLV(i) 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, that were left of the captivity and concerning Jerusalem.
3 And they said to me, The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. Also the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and the gates of it are burned with fire.
4 And it happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept and mourned certain days. And I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,