2 Kings 25:1-7: in context

The end comes for Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar besieges the city until famine grips it; the wall is breached; King Zedekiah flees by night but is overtaken in the plains of Jericho, his army scattered. He is captured and brought before the king of Babylon, where his sons are killed before his eyes, his own eyes are put out, and he is bound and carried to Babylon. It is a terrible end, and it need not have come this way. Zedekiah had been told, again and again, by Jeremiah, that if he would submit he would live; and he would not listen.

The tragedy of Zedekiah's end is that a way of escape had been offered, and refused. Through Jeremiah, God had told Zedekiah plainly that if he surrendered to Babylon he and the city would be spared, that this was the way to live. It was not a hidden word; it was given repeatedly, urgently. But Zedekiah would not heed it. He rejected the counsel that could have saved him, ignored the warning and the way of escape, and pressed on in his own course until the disaster he had been warned of came upon him in full. The word that could have saved him was there; he refused it. This is a sober warning about refusing the word that could save us. God often gives us, through his word and through faithful counsel, clear warning of the consequences of a course we are on, and a way of escape from it. And we can do as Zedekiah did: refuse to heed it, ignore the warning, reject the counsel that would spare us, and press on in our own way until the consequences come. The word was given; the way was offered; and we would not listen. He who is often reproved yet stiffens his neck, the proverb warns, will suddenly be broken, and that beyond healing. To refuse the word that could save us is to court the disaster it warned against. This searches whether we heed the warnings and counsel God gives, or refuse them as Zedekiah did. Is there a course we are on that God's word, or faithful counsel, has warned us against, offering a way of escape we have not taken? The tragedy of Zedekiah is that he had the warning and the way out, and refused them, and reaped the ruin he was warned against. Obey, I beg you, Jeremiah had pleaded with him, the voice of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and your soul may live. The call is not to stiffen our necks against the word that could save us, but to heed the warning and take the way of escape while it is offered, rather than pressing on in our own course until the consequences we were warned against come upon us, as they came upon Zedekiah, who would not listen.

Is there a course I am on that God's word or faithful counsel has warned me against, offering a way of escape I have not taken, and can the tragedy of Zedekiah, who refused the repeated word that could have saved him and reaped the ruin he was warned against, move me to heed the warnings and counsel God gives rather than stiffening my neck against them, taking the way of escape while it is offered rather than pressing on until the consequences come?