Ezekiel 24 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Ezekiel Becomes a Sign

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.

PreschoolWrite Down the Day

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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 Knows the Day

DAY → picture 2WRITE → picture 4KING → picture 1KNOW → picture 3

Grade 1Remember This Day

Ezekiel wrote the name of the day. → picture 2God told him which day it was. → picture 4The king of Babylon came near Jerusalem. → picture 5God told a story about a pot. → picture 1Ezekiel was a sign to the people. → picture 3

Order:

1. Son of man, write the name of the day, this same day2. Put it on, and also pour water into it3. When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh4. So you will be a sign to them

Grade 2A Very Sad Day

What did God tell Ezekiel to write down? The day (circle)
Who came near Jerusalem? The king of Babylon (circle)
What sad thing happened to Ezekiel? His wife died (circle)
What did Ezekiel show the people? A sign (circle)
Who is with us when we are sad? God (circle)

Grade 3A Sign for the People

What did God tell Ezekiel to write? The name of the day
Who drew close to Jerusalem that day? The king of Babylon
Why did God ask Ezekiel not to mourn in the usual way? As a sign to the people
What did Ezekiel say would be taken away? God's temple

1: Son of man, write the name of the day, this same day2: Put it on, and also pour water into it3: When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh4: So you will be a sign to them

Grade 4The Desire of Your Eyes

Why did God tell Ezekiel to write down the name of the day? It was the day the king of Babylon drew close to Jerusalem
What did the rusty pot picture? A city that would not be cleansed of its sin
What was the desire of the people's eyes? The temple
What would happen when the survivor came? Ezekiel's mouth would be opened

Word bank: 1. tenth; 2. God; 3. fire; 4. rust; 5. eyes

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

Grade 5A Sign in Sorrow

Why was writing down the date significant? It recorded from exile the exact day the siege of Jerusalem began
How does the pot parable connect to chapter 11? The leaders had boasted they were the meat safe in the cauldron
What did Ezekiel's restrained mourning signify? The people's shock at the temple's fall would be too deep for ordinary mourning
What New Testament verse speaks of God comforting us in affliction? 2 Corinthians 1:4

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