The people of Nineveh thought no one could destroy their city. Yet they themselves had destroyed the Egyptian city of Thebes, which was also considered indestructible. Nahum reminded the Ninevites of this (3:8-11) and warned them that it was now their turn to see their great city destroyed.
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