Amos 9 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: I Will Raise Up the Tent of David

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 Will Rebuild

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

KindergartenGod Plants His People

GRAPES → picture 3GARDEN → picture 1HOME → picture 4GRAIN → picture 2

Grade 1God Brings Them Home

God sifts like grain. → picture 4God will rebuild David's tent. → picture 3Grapes will drip with juice. → picture 1They will plant gardens. → picture 5God will plant them on their land. → picture 2

Grade 2God Brings His People Home

Can anyone hide from God? No (circle)
What would God sift Israel like? Grain (circle)
What would the people plant? Grapes and gardens (circle)
Would they stay in their land? Yes (circle)

Grade 3I Will Plant Them

Where did Amos see the Lord? Beside the altar
How would God sift Israel? Like grain in a sieve
What would God raise up? The tent of David
What would the people plant? Vineyards

1: It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth—Yahweh is his name.2: Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?3: For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.4: They shall also make gardens, and eat their fruit.

Grade 4The Fallen Tent Rebuilt

Where did Amos see the Lord? Standing beside the altar
What will not fall on the earth? Not the least kernel
What does God keep even in judgment? His faithful ones
What will God raise up? The tent of David who is fallen
In the New Testament, who quotes this promise? James

Word bank: 1. God; 2. tent; 3. wine; 4. plant; 5. David

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

Grade 5Not the Least Kernel

Where would God's hand reach? Everywhere, even into Sheol and up to heaven
Whom would God not utterly destroy? The house of Jacob
What does the sieve shake out? Chaff
How plentiful would the harvests be? The plowman shall overtake the reaper.
In the New Testament, where does James quote this promise? Acts 15:16

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