Nahum’s “Woe to the bloody city” and Habakkuk’s “Woe…that buildeth a town with blood” form a strong prophetic indictment of blood-built power.

Nahum’s seductive, violent city-woman contributes to the biblical trajectory that culminates in Revelation’s harlot Babylon.

Jonah’s Nineveh is called to turn specifically from the violence in its hands; Nahum later denounces Nineveh as a bloody city filled with violence and exploitation. The relationship should be stated only as strongly as the approved evidence allows.

Nahum’s harlotries and sorceries that ensnare nations form a strong qualified echo with Revelation’s Babylon, whose sorceries deceive all nations. Why this connection is supported: Nahum 3:4 and Revelation 18:23 pair sorcery with the nations inside the judgment of a seductive imperial city.