God warned the prophet Zechariah to learn from the failures of past Hebrew generations who did not follow Yahweh. The Israelites of previous eras were punished for their disobedience through trials and prophets who cautioned them. Zechariah faced a similar situation and was told to heed the principles of God rather than repeat the mistakes of his forefathers.

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Zechariah needed to learn from the past. l-lis l-lebrew forefathers had failed to foliow yahweh. God warned
Zechariah to tal<e heed and not follow in their footsteps. God told him to learn from . . .
t. The past-[snaelk Brevior.ls yeafs were to warn future generations.
2. The prophets-T'l-rese men of God spoke God! word anrd carltioned lsrae! to listen.
3. The people-The people repeatedly faiied to repenr, and felt miserable.
4. The problerms-Trials served to punish the people for disobedience.
5. The present-Zechariah iound hirnself in a similar predicament.
6. Ttre principles of God-God's truth cried out to Zechariah,s generation.
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