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Ezekiel 22 · Preschool

Stand in the Gap

Name Date

Color the person standing in the gap in the wall. God looks for people who care!

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

Ezekiel 22:30 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: God looked for someone who would stand up for what is right and pray for the people. A gap is a hole in a wall. God wants people who will help fill the gap by caring and praying for others. Let's ask God to help us stand up for what is right.

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Ezekiel 22 · Kindergarten

Stand Up for Right

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

WALL
GAP
STAND
PRAY
You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.

Ezekiel 22:8 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

WALL
GAP
STAND
PRAY

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw someone standing in a gap in a wall.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for people who pray for others. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you help a friend?
  • Does God look for helpers?

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Ezekiel 22 · Grade 1

Who Will Stand?

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

WIDOW
SABBATH
SILVER
WOLVES
GAP
You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.

Ezekiel 22:8 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

God cares for the widow.
The people did not keep the Sabbath.
God refines like silver.
The leaders acted like wolves.
God looked for someone to stand in the gap.

Someone to Stand in the Gap

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me

I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one

I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and will do it

Yes, they have troubled the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully

Draw someone standing in a gap in a wall.

Memory Verse

“You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.”

Ezekiel 22:8 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for people who pray for others. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who is someone lonely you could be kind to?
  • How can you help those who are alone?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Ezekiel 22 · Grade 2

A Gap in the Wall

Name Date

Read the Story

The people in Jerusalem did many wrong things. They did not care for widows and children with no dads. They did not keep God's rest day.

God looked for someone to help. He wanted someone to stand in the gap in the wall. That means someone who would pray and stand up for what is right. God wants people to stand up for right.

Memory Verse

“I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

Ezekiel 22:30 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. Who did the people not care for?

  2. What day did they not keep?

    What is rightSomeone to helpGod's rest day

  3. What did God look for?

    Someone to helpIn the gap in the wallWhat is right

  4. Where would that person stand?

  5. What does God want us to stand up for?

    Someone to helpGod's rest dayWhat is right

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

MHYSILVEREYLFIREFVLRNBNSGPBTGFURNACEEPAMDCMVODHHTBRUIOCMROHWORDAGJRLEUSKWTEDGYRYS
  • FURNACE
  • GATHER
  • SILVER
  • MELTED
  • DROSS
  • WORD
  • HOLY
  • FIRE

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for people who pray for others. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you be brave for others?
  • God cares about people who have no one to help them. Who could you help this week?

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Ezekiel 22 · Grade 3

I Found No One

Name Date

Read the Story

God told Ezekiel to show Jerusalem all her sins. The people did not honor their parents. They wronged the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.

They despised God's holy things and did not keep his Sabbaths. God said they had become like dross, the waste left over when silver is cleaned in a fire.

God sought for a man who would build up the wall and stand in the gap for the land. But he found no one. God wants people who will care and pray for others.

Memory Verse

“I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

Ezekiel 22:30 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. Who did the people wrong?

  2. What did they not keep?

  3. What is dross?

  4. What did God look for?

Someone to Stand in the Gap

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

MSFHOLYODUEIUEHNWCDKLLRVTOTGRLTVNBRKASOEEEADHTJFSCDRCUHKMISPONEEMNSRPHOKRMYUBEYBY
  • FURNACE
  • GATHER
  • SILVER
  • MELTED
  • DROSS
  • WORD
  • HOLY
  • FIRE

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for people who pray for others. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can God make a person pure again?
  • Why did every group fail?

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Ezekiel 22 · Grade 4

Stand in the Gap

Name Date

Read and Think

God told Ezekiel to judge Jerusalem and make her know all her abominations. The city had made idols and shed blood. People treated their parents with contempt, oppressed the foreigner, and wronged the fatherless and the widow. They despised God's holy things, profaned his Sabbaths, took bribes, and forgot God.

God said the house of Israel had become dross. When silver is refined, it is melted so the waste, called dross, can be removed. God would gather the people into Jerusalem like a furnace to show what was true metal and what was waste.

Every group had failed. The prophets covered sin like whitewash. The priests made no difference between holy and common. The princes were like wolves seeking dishonest gain. The people oppressed the poor and needy. God sought for a man to build up the wall and stand in the gap before him for the land, but he found no one.

Show What You Know

  1. Which three groups of needy people were wronged?

  2. What is dross?

  3. How had the priests failed?

  4. What did God find when he looked for someone to stand in the gap?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

silverholydrossgatherGod
  1. told Ezekiel to judge Jerusalem and make her know all her abominations.
  2. God said the house of Israel had become .
  3. When is refined, it is melted so the waste, called dross, can be removed.
  4. God would the people into Jerusalem like a furnace to show what was true metal and what was waste.
  5. The priests made no difference between and common.

Think About It

  1. God looked for someone to stand in the gap for others. Who in your life could use someone to stand up for them or pray for them?

  2. Every group in Jerusalem had failed. Why is it important for leaders and ordinary people alike to follow God?

Memory Verse

“I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

Ezekiel 22:30 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for people who pray for others. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • The leaders acted like wolves tearing prey to get more for themselves. What would it look like to use your gifts to serve instead of to get?
  • What is one wrong around you that you could ask God to fix?

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Ezekiel 22 · Grade 5

A Man in the Gap

Name Date

Read and Think

Ezekiel 22 is a courtroom indictment of the bloody city. God asked: Will you judge? Then he told Ezekiel to cause her to know all her abominations. The charges echo the law of Moses. Parents were treated with contempt; the foreigner was oppressed; the fatherless and the widow were wronged. God's holy things were despised and his Sabbaths profaned. Bribes were taken, interest charged, neighbors defrauded, and, at the root, the people had forgotten God.

The second oracle uses the image of a refiner's furnace. The house of Israel had become dross, like bronze, tin, iron, and lead left in the furnace with no silver. God would gather them into Jerusalem and blow on them, so they would know he had poured out his wrath. The point was not cruelty but truth: the heat of judgment would expose what was left of their faithfulness.

The third oracle surveys every level of society. The prophets daubed whitewash and saw false visions. The priests did violence to God's law and made no distinction between holy and common. The princes were like wolves ravening the prey. The people of the land practiced extortion and oppressed the poor and needy. Then comes the saddest line, where God says: I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one. In the New Testament, 1 Timothy 2:5 says: For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

Show What You Know

  1. What did God say was at the root of all Jerusalem's sins?

  2. What does the refiner's furnace image show?

  3. Which four groups are named in the final oracle?

  4. Which New Testament verse names the one mediator between God and men?

Crossword

3421

Across

  1. I, Yahweh, have ____ it, and will do it
  2. Moreover Yahweh’s ____ came to me

Down

  1. Yes, they have troubled the ____ and needy
  2. They are the ____ of silver

Think About It

  1. God looked for one person to stand in the gap and found no one. How does the New Testament show that someone finally stood in the gap?

  2. The sins in this chapter grew from forgetting God. What habits help you remember Him each day?

Memory Verse

“I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

Ezekiel 22:30 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for people who pray for others. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who could you pray for who feels nobody is on their side?
  • How does 1 Timothy 2:5 connect to Ezekiel 22?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.