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Hosea 4 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: For Lack of Knowledge

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.

PreschoolKnow God

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

KindergartenLearn About God

LAW → picture 2GOOD → picture 4IDOL → picture 1LAMB → picture 3

Grade 1Knowing God

God gave His law. → picture 2The priests forgot it. → picture 4People asked idols for help. → picture 5God wants us to know Him. → picture 1God wants to feed us like lambs. → picture 3

Grade 2God Wants Us to Know Him

  1. What did the people not know? God (circle)
  2. Who did not teach God's law? The priests (circle)
  3. What did the people ask for help? Wooden idols (circle)
  4. What does God want us to know? Him and His Word (circle)
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Grade 3A Charge Against the Land

  1. What was missing in the land? Truth, goodness, and knowledge of God
  2. Why were God's people destroyed? For lack of knowledge
  3. Who had forgotten God's law? The priests
  4. What animal was Israel like? A stubborn heifer
1: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.2: As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me.3: My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood.4: For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer.
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Grade 4Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge

  1. What three things were missing in the land? Truth, goodness, and knowledge of God
  2. Why did the people not know God? The priests rejected knowledge and forgot the law of God.
  3. What did the people consult? Their wooden idol
  4. How had Israel behaved? Extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer

Word bank: 1. truth; 2. people; 3. God; 4. knowledge; 5. law

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

Grade 5Knowledge of God

  1. What is God's short charge against the land? There is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
  2. What list follows the charge? Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery
  3. Why were the priests rejected? Because they rejected knowledge and forgot God's law
  4. What did the people consult instead of God? Their wooden idol
  5. What does knowledge of God mean in Hosea? A close, faithful relationship with Him
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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