Ezekiel 32 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: A Lament for Pharaoh

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.

PreschoolClear 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.

KindergartenCalm Waters

WATER → picture 2NET → picture 4CLEAR → picture 1CALM → picture 3

Grade 1God Makes Waters Clear

Pharaoh made the rivers muddy. → picture 2God would spread His net. → picture 4The sky would grow dark. → picture 5God would make the waters clear. → picture 1The rivers would run like oil. → picture 3

Order:

1. You broke out with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers2. They will bring you up in my net3. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon won’t give its light4. The foot of man won’t trouble them any more, nor will the hoofs of animals trouble them

Grade 2From Muddy to Clear

Who was proud? Pharaoh (circle)
What did Pharaoh make muddy? The rivers (circle)
What would God use to catch him? A net (circle)
What would the waters become? Clear (circle)
What can God bring? Peace (circle)

Grade 3A Sad Song for Pharaoh

What did Pharaoh think he was like? A young lion
What did God say Pharaoh was really like? A sea creature making the rivers muddy
What would God spread over Pharaoh? His net
What would the rivers be like afterward? Smooth like oil

1: You broke out with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers2: They will bring you up in my net3: I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon won’t give its light4: The foot of man won’t trouble them any more, nor will the hoofs of animals trouble them

Grade 4Waters Made Clear

How did Pharaoh see himself? As a young lion of the nations
What would God do to the sky over Egypt? Darken it
What would happen to Egypt's rivers afterward? They would be clear and run like oil
Which proud nations would Egypt join? Assyria, Elam, and others

Word bank: 1. God; 2. nations; 3. rivers; 4. peoples; 5. land

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

Grade 5Lament and Descent

What is unusual about a lament sung for a living ruler? It announces his fall in advance as if it had already happened
What does the darkening of the sky signify? The fall of a great power described in cosmic language
Which nations does Egypt join in the second oracle? Assyria, Elam, Meshech and Tubal, Edom, the princes of the north, and the Sidonians
Which New Testament verse says God puts down princes and exalts the lowly? Luke 1:52

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