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Amos 7 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Plumb Line

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.

PreschoolGod Listens

locustfiresheeptreecity

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

KindergartenAmos Prayed

PRAY → picture 4LOCUST → picture 3FIRE → picture 1WALL → picture 2

Grade 1A Straight Wall

God showed Amos locusts. → picture 5Amos prayed for the people. → picture 1God showed Amos fire. → picture 4God showed a straight wall. → picture 2Amos took care of sheep. → picture 3

Order:

1. Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you!2. Yahweh relented concerning this.3. Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel.4. Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

Grade 2Amos Prayed

  1. What did Amos see first? Bugs eating the plants
  2. What did Amos pray? He asked God to forgive them.
  3. What did God say? It would not happen.
  4. What was God checking? If His people were living right
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Grade 3A Plumb Line

  1. What did Amos pray? Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you!
  2. What is a plumb line? A string with a weight
  3. Who told Amos to go away? Amaziah
  4. What was Amos's job before? A herdsman and a farmer of sycamore figs
1: Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you!2: Yahweh relented concerning this.3: Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel.4: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
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Grade 4How Could Jacob Stand?

  1. Why did Amos say Jacob could not stand? For he is small.
  2. What happened after Amos prayed about the fire? Again God relented.
  3. What does a plumb line show? If a wall leans
  4. What did Amaziah tell Amos to do? Flee to Judah and not prophesy at Bethel
  5. Why would Amos not stop? God had called him.

Word bank: 1. Amos; 2. locusts; 3. fire; 4. God; 5. plumb

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

Grade 5I Was a Herdsman

  1. What is an intercessor? Someone who prays for others
  2. What did Amos plead the second time? Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you!
  3. What does a plumb line measure? Whether a wall is true
  4. What did Amaziah call Bethel? The king's sanctuary
  5. Where did Amos's authority come from? God's call, not a title or family line

Word bank: 1. Amos; 2. locusts; 3. fire; 4. God; 5. plumb

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

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