These lessons could be warnings to us today. backward, and not forward?

God Issues a Strong Warning 10-6-2002 Sunday School Lesson ... Jeremiah 25:1-9, 26:P12, 13 (Devotional Reading: Proverbs 4:20-27) (Background Scripture: Jeremiah 25, 26; II Chronicles 36) These lessons could be warnings to us today. Now, just remember that I do not replace your house of worship leader. Key Verse -- Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent himn of the evil that he hath pronounced against you. ... Jeremiah 26:13 Jeremiah 25:1-9, 26:12, 13 Verses 1,2 --- Speakers & Hearers, Jeremiah THE word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah "in" the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon: The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all t5he inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, "in" -- Jeremiah 36:1 ... Speakers & Hearers .... Jeremaiah AND it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that his word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people The WORD came from the LORD Verses 3,4 -- The Prophets Reception By The People, Disbelieved, Instances of Disbelief "From" the thirteenth year of Josaih the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three ande twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; "but" ye have not hearkened. And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, "rising" early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. "From" -- Jeremiah 1:2, Scripture, Books and Authors, Old Testament Writers To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josaih the son of Amon King of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. "but" -- Jeremiah 17:23 Jeremiah 17:23, Sacred Seasons, The Sabbatical Seasons, The 7th Day, Its Neglect by the Hebrews "But" they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. "But" -- Jeremiah 7:24, Fallen Man, Sins Against God, Hardness of Heart But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. "rising" -- Jeremiah 26:5 Works of God, God's Providence in Moral Discipline, National Calamities Denounced for Wickedness To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; The Word of the Lord hath come unto the Prophet Jeremiah He, the prophet spoke God's Word Ye have not hearkened --- did not listen Did not obey Went backward and not forward Verses 5, 7 -- The Hebrews, References to the Promise They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD, that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own heart. Turn from your evil way and your evil doing Ye have not hearkened (did not listen) unto me saith the LORd -- that ye might -- provoke HIM to anger Verse 6 -- Laws & Arguments Against Idolatry, Idol Worship Forbidden And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. There is only one true God not gods Verses 8,9 -- The Hebrews, Captivity Foretold, Judah to Be Captive in Babylon Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, ............. The LORD's Word Behold, I will send and take "all" the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, "my" servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, will utterly destroy them, and "make" them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. "all" -- Jeremiah 1:15, The Hebrews, Jerusalem, Threatened for Sin For, lo, I will call all the families of the Kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah. "my" -- Jeremiah 40:2, Mediums and Methods of Revelation, The Prophet's Predictions, Their Fulfilment And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and saith unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. Verses 12, 13 Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much. Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah. Scripture Reference Taken From: KJV, Topical Reference Edition Bible, Mt. Juliet, TN