In Nehemiah 8 the walls of Jerusalem have just been completed. But there is something lacking.
Life is more than brick and mortar.
They have finished rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, but their lives are in shambles. They have spent seventy years in Babylonian captivity and they have finished the walls but their distress continues. Because of our sins , its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress .