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Ezekiel 19 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: A Song of Sadness

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.

PreschoolA Vine by the Water

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

KindergartenA Sad Song

LION → picture 4VINE → picture 3WATER → picture 1SAD → picture 2

Grade 1The Lament

Ezekiel sang a sad song. → picture 5The mother was like a lioness. → picture 1She raised her cubs. → picture 4She was like a vine by the water. → picture 2Then she was in a dry land. → picture 3

Grade 2A Sad Song

  1. What did God ask Ezekiel to sing? A sad song (circle)
  2. Who was the song about? The kings of Israel (circle)
  3. What animal was the mother like? A lion (circle)
  4. Where did the vine grow? By the water (circle)
  5. Where was the vine taken? To a dry land (circle)
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Grade 3The Lioness and the Vine

  1. What is a lamentation? A sad song
  2. Where was the first cub taken? To Egypt
  3. Where was the second cub brought? To Babylon
  4. Where is the vine planted now? In the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land
1: She brought up one of her cubs2: It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters3: It had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled4: Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land
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Grade 4A Lamentation for the Princes

  1. What kind of song is a lamentation? A funeral song
  2. Who do the two cubs represent? Princes of Israel, kings of Judah
  3. What happened to the vine planted by the waters? It was plucked up and planted in a dry and thirsty land
  4. Why was there no strong branch left? The kings trusted their own strength instead of God

Word bank: 1. God; 2. mother; 3. young; 4. branches; 5. land

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

Grade 5A Funeral Song for Kings

  1. Why was it significant to sing a funeral song while Zedekiah still reigned? It was a prophecy that the dynasty as they knew it was about to fall
  2. What earlier blessing does the lioness image recall? Jacob's blessing of Judah as a lion's cub in Genesis 49
  3. What does fire going out from the vine's own branches suggest? The ruin came from within, through Zedekiah's rebellion
  4. Which New Testament verse names the true Lion of Judah? Revelation 5:5

Word bank: 1. God; 2. branches; 3. land; 4. strong; 5. Lion

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

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