As with Jonah, Nahum directs his pronouncements against Nineveh of Assyria. Whereas Jonah proclaimed a message of mercy and repentance, Nahum proclaimed an indictment of doom upon the capital of Assyria. They who were once used as God's tool against the people of Israel and Jerusalem, would now be destroyed because of their great wickedness.
As with Jonah, Nahum directs his pronouncements against Nineveh of Assyria. Whereas Jonah proclaimed a message of mercy and repentance, Nahum proclaimed an indictment of doom upon the capital of Assyria. They who were once used as God's tool against the people of Israel and Jerusalem, would now be destroyed because of their great wickedness.