So, with their record of cruelty and violence, it is little wonder that the Bible prophet Nahum wrote that the one true God, Jehovah, “is taking vengeance and is disposed to rage ” at the Assyrians. ​ — Nahum 1: 2.
जब निनवे गिर गयी, उसका नाशन इतना पूर्ण था कि सदियों के लिए उसका स्थल तक भुलाया गया ।