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Amos 5 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Let Justice Roll

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolSeek God

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenLike a River

RIVER → picture 3GOOD → picture 1FAIR → picture 4STARS → picture 2

Grade 1Seek Good

Seek God and live. → picture 4Love good. → picture 3Be fair to all. → picture 1God made the stars. → picture 5Let justice flow like a river. → picture 2

Order:

1. Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.2. Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts.3. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.4. But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

Grade 2Let Goodness Flow

  1. What did God tell them? To look for Him and live
  2. What should they love? Good (circle)
  3. Who should they be fair to? Poor people (circle)
  4. What should flow like a river? Fairness (circle)
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Grade 3Seek Me and Live

  1. What did God still say? Seek me, and you will live.
  2. What stars did God make? The Pleiades and Orion
  3. What did God hate? Their feasts
  4. What should roll on like rivers? Justice
1: Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.2: Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts.3: It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.4: But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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Grade 4Justice Like Rivers

  1. What is a lament? A funeral song
  2. What did God turn the shadow of death into? The morning
  3. Where should justice be established? In the courts
  4. What would the day of Yahweh be? Darkness, and not light
  5. What did God want instead of noisy songs? Justice like rivers

Word bank: 1. Seek; 2. Orion; 3. good; 4. justice; 5. light

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Righteousness Like a Mighty Stream

  1. Where should Israel not seek God? Bethel or Gilgal
  2. What did they turn justice to? Wormwood
  3. What did they do to the one who reproves? They hate him.
  4. Why did Israel long for the day of Yahweh? They expected victory.
  5. Where would Israel go if they did not change? Into captivity beyond Damascus
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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