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Ezekiel 21 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Sighing With a Broken Heart

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.

PreschoolEzekiel Was Sad

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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 Heart

SAD → picture 3SIGH → picture 1HEART → picture 4PRAY → picture 2

Grade 1Ezekiel's Sad Heart

Ezekiel set his face toward Jerusalem. → picture 4He sighed before the people. → picture 3His heart was broken. → picture 1A king came to a fork in the road. → picture 5God will give the crown to the right King. → picture 2

Order:

1. Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel2. Therefore sigh, you son of man3. Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high4. This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it

Grade 2A Broken Heart

  1. Who got a sad word? The big city (circle)
  2. Would the people listen to God? No (circle)
  3. How did Ezekiel sigh? With a sad heart (circle)
  4. What did the people ask? Why he was sad (circle)
  5. Who did Ezekiel care about? His people (circle)
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Grade 3Sigh Before Their Eyes

  1. Which way did Ezekiel set his face? Toward Jerusalem
  2. How did God tell Ezekiel to sigh? With a broken heart
  3. What would Ezekiel say when the people asked why? He would tell them about the news that was coming
  4. Who would the crown be given to? The one whose right it is
1: Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel2: Therefore sigh, you son of man3: Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high4: This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it
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Grade 4Until He Comes

  1. What picture did God use for the coming judgment? A sword drawn from its sheath
  2. Why did Ezekiel sigh with a broken heart? Because of the news of judgment that was coming
  3. What choice did the king of Babylon make at the fork in the road? He chose to go to Jerusalem
  4. Who would finally receive the crown? The one whose right it is

Word bank: 1. land; 2. return; 3. people; 4. sigh; 5. God

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

Grade 5Whose Right It Is

  1. Why did God tell Ezekiel to sigh with a broken heart? So his message of judgment would come with grief, not coldness
  2. What does the crossroads scene show about God's control? Even the king of Babylon's divination was under God's control
  3. What earlier promise does whose right it is echo? Genesis 49:10, the scepter belonging to the one from Judah
  4. Which New Testament verse speaks of giving the throne of David? Luke 1:32
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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