Amos 8 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: A Famine of Hearing

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.

PreschoolSummer Fruit

Basketfruitgrainsunbread

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

KindergartenGod's Words

FRUIT → picture 2WORD → picture 4FAIR → picture 1WHEAT → picture 3

Grade 1A Basket of Fruit

God showed a fruit basket. → picture 2Sellers used unfair scales. → picture 4They cheated with wheat. → picture 5God's words would be hard to find. → picture 1Love God's words. → picture 3

Order:

1. A basket of summer fruit.2. When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain?3. Surely I will never forget any of their works.4. They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek Yahweh’s word, and will not find it.

Grade 2A Basket of Fruit

What did God show Amos? A basket of ripe summer fruit
Who did the sellers cheat? Poor people (circle)
What did they use? Unfair scales (circle)
What would be hard to hear? God's words (circle)

Grade 3Not a Famine of Bread

What did God show Amos? A basket of summer fruit
Why did merchants want the holy day to end? So they could sell grain
What will God never forget? Any of their works
What kind of famine was coming? A famine of hearing Yahweh's words

1: A basket of summer fruit.2: When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain?3: Surely I will never forget any of their works.4: They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek Yahweh’s word, and will not find it.

Grade 4Ripe for Judgment

What does the summer fruit picture? The end has come on Israel.
Who did the greedy want to swallow up? The needy
How did they keep the holy days? On the outside, while cheating inside
What is the worst judgment? A famine of hearing Yahweh's words
What may people who refuse God's Word do one day? Long for it

Word bank: 1. basket; 2. God; 3. summer; 4. grain

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

Grade 5A Famine of Yahweh's Words

What does summer fruit sound like in Hebrew? The word for end
How did the merchants cheat? Making the ephah small, and the shekel large
What will Yahweh never forget? Any of their works
Who would lose the voice they had rejected? Those who silenced the prophets
In the New Testament, what did Jesus say man lives by? Every word that proceeds out of God's mouth

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