Hosea 3 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Love Again

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.

PreschoolGod Brings Us Home

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

KindergartenLove Again

LOVE → picture 4HOME → picture 3BARLEY → picture 1KING → picture 2

Grade 1Bought Back

God spoke to Hosea again. → picture 5Hosea loved his wife. → picture 1He paid silver and barley. → picture 4He brought her home. → picture 2God's people will seek Him. → picture 3

Grade 2Hosea Loves Again

What did God tell Hosea to do? Go and love his wife again
What did Hosea pay? Fifteen pieces of silver and some barley
Who was Hosea's love like? God's love for His people
What will God's people do one day? Come back and seek Him

Grade 3Bought for a Price

When does God love Israel? Even when they turn to other gods
How much silver did Hosea pay? Fifteen pieces
What would Israel live without for many days? A king and idols
What will Israel do afterward? Return and seek Yahweh their God

1: So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.2: You shall stay with me many days.3: For the children of Israel shall live many days without king, without prince, without sacrifice, without sacred stone, and without ephod or idols.4: Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.

Grade 4Go Again, Love

Why is Hosea 3 important even though it is short? It shows the heart of the book.
What did Hosea pay to bring his wife home? Fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley
What would Israel live without for many days? King, prince, sacrifice, and idols
Who will Israel seek afterward? Yahweh their God, and David their king

Word bank: 1. love; 2. silver; 3. days; 4. king

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

Grade 5Redeeming Love

What is Hosea's story meant to show? God keeps loving people who have betrayed Him.
What did Hosea do instead of simply waiting? He paid to bring her home.
What would Israel live without for many days? King, prince, sacrifice, sacred stone, ephod, and idols
Who do Christians believe the king from David's family points to? In the New Testament, Jesus is called the Son of David.
In the New Testament, what did the father do when he saw his son far off? He was moved with compassion, and ran, fell on his neck, and kissed him.

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