in Susa, but most probably they had Susa’s support What we do know is that the labor of months was undone in a few days of fire. The hopes of the Jerusalem Jews for the restoration of their national capital were destroyed. It was this news that so deeply affected Nehemiah. Nehemiah went to pray in a storm of emotion. He wept, mourned, fasted. This immediately raises several questions. Is this a model for Christians today? Is weeping prayer more effective, more desirable? Or do