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Hosea 10 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Break Up Your Fallow Ground

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.

PreschoolPlant Good Things

altarplantsRain

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

KindergartenPlant Goodness

VINE → picture 4SEED → picture 3RAIN → picture 2HEART → picture 1

Grade 1Seek the Lord

Israel was a big vine. → picture 3They built altars to idols. → picture 5Their heart was divided. → picture 2God told them to plant what is right. → picture 4God would rain goodness. → picture 1

Grade 2Plant What Is Right

  1. What was Israel like? A big vine (circle)
  2. What did they build more of? Altars to idols (circle)
  3. What did God tell them to plant? What is right (circle)
  4. What would God rain on them? Goodness (circle)
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Grade 3A Divided Heart

  1. What did Israel do when they had more? Built more altars for idols
  2. What was wrong with their heart? It was divided.
  3. What would float away like a twig? Samaria and her king
  4. Why must hard ground be broken? So seeds can grow
1: He will demolish their altars.2: The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars.3: Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness.4: Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
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Grade 4Time to Seek Yahweh

  1. What did Israel do with the abundance of fruit? Multiplied altars
  2. How did they make covenants? Swearing falsely
  3. What is it time to do? Seek Yahweh
  4. Why had they eaten the fruit of lies? They trusted in their own way.

Word bank: 1. vine; 2. fruit; 3. altars; 4. God; 5. Sow

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

Grade 5Sow in Righteousness

  1. What happened as Israel's land prospered? They multiplied altars and adorned sacred stones.
  2. What is Hosea's diagnosis? Their heart is divided.
  3. What springs up like poisonous weeds? Judgment
  4. What is fallow ground? Hard, unplowed soil
  5. In the New Testament, who did Jesus say are blessed? Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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