Negative Applause

 Nahum 3:18 Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria;
    your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains
    with none to gather them.
19 There is no easing your hurt; your wound is grievous.
All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you.
For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil?

As Nahum brings his prophecy to a close, we find the final judgment on Ninevah.  The city and nation have totally been destroyed and will not be rebuilt.  The leaders had led them astray, thinking on one could ever stand up against them, let alone come in and destroy them.  The pain is endless and deep.  Worse of all, no one cares. Everyone will look on and applaud because Ninevah had hurt everyone around them.  Rather than look on in pity, others will look on with glee on the disaster, and be glad to see it. It's not the way anyone wants to go. How will others reply when we are gone?