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Hosea 8 · Preschool

God Made Us

Name Date

Color the trumpet and the wind!

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.”

Hosea 8:12 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: God gave His people His good words. Let's thank God for making us and ask Him to help us remember His Word every day.

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Hosea 8 · Kindergarten

Remember Our Maker

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

WIND
SOW
GOD
LAW
I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.

Hosea 8:12 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

TRUMPET
CALF
SEED
LAW

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a field blowing in the wind.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your good law. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you plant good things?
  • What animal idol did they make?

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Hosea 8 · Grade 1

Sow and Reap

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

TRUMPET
CALF
WIND
LAW
I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.

Hosea 8:12 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

A trumpet warned Israel.
They made a calf idol.
They planted the wind.
They would get a whirlwind.
God wrote His law.

Israel Forgets God

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

They have set up kings, but not by me.

I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.

My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!

For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind.

Draw a field blowing in the wind.

Memory Verse

“I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.”

Hosea 8:12 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your good law. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who made you?
  • How can you think about God each day?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Hosea 8 · Grade 2

Planting the Wind

Name Date

Read the Story

A trumpet warned God's people. They had broken God's rules. They made a calf out of gold and called it a god. But a worker made it. It was not God!

God said they were planting the wind, and they would get a whirlwind. Bad choices bring bad results. God wrote His law for them, but they forgot Him. They forgot that God made them.

Memory Verse

“For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.”

Hosea 8:7 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. What warned God's people?

    God, who made themA calf idolA trumpet

  2. What did they make?

    A calf idolGod, who made themA whirlwind

  3. What would they get from planting the wind?

    God, who made themA whirlwindA trumpet

  4. Who did they forget?

    God, who made themA trumpetA whirlwind

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

CSTHPBLCTSIJRKWINDALFRUIKHDKVAWNMNWPSEILAGPGOLRCOTDOESAJIRIANLTWCLFSHRWDTPCALFTSI
  • TRUMPET
  • ALTARS
  • SILVER
  • KINGS
  • CALF
  • WIND
  • GOLD
  • LAW

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your good law. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did Israel break?
  • What might you love more than God?

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Hosea 8 · Grade 3

Sow the Wind, Reap the Whirlwind

Name Date

Read the Story

God told Hosea to put the trumpet to his lips. Israel had broken God's covenant and rebelled against His law. They chose kings without asking God.

They made idols of their silver and gold. In Samaria they had a calf idol. God said the workman made it, and it is no God. It would be broken in pieces.

God said, For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. Their bad choices would bring big trouble. God wrote for them the many things of His law, but they treated it as strange. Israel has forgotten his Maker.

Memory Verse

“For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.”

Hosea 8:7 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What had Israel broken?

  2. Who made the calf idol?

  3. What will people who sow the wind reap?

  4. Who has Israel forgotten?

Israel Forgets God

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

VVNCNEJOHSVBAAKDCGLIMLUISTBAALFENIRBLJWVYGTUCTKGWESMMLAWFMIRWPJRGOLDNGEUSHVCARDTC
  • TRUMPET
  • ALTARS
  • SILVER
  • KINGS
  • CALF
  • WIND
  • GOLD
  • LAW

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your good law. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Israel chose kings without asking God. How can you ask God before making big choices?
  • How did they treat God's law?

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Hosea 8 · Grade 4

They Will Reap the Whirlwind

Name Date

Read and Think

Hosea 8 opens with an alarm: Put the trumpet to your lips! Israel had broken God's covenant and rebelled against His law. They cried, My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you! But their actions showed they had cast off what is good.

They set up kings, but not by God. They made idols of silver and gold. The calf of Samaria was made by a workman, and it is no God. It shall be broken in pieces. Things people make with their own hands cannot save them.

God used a farming picture: For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. Sin grows into something bigger than what was planted. God said, I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing. For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Israel claim even while they cast off what is good?

  2. What will happen to the calf of Samaria?

  3. What does the sowing picture show about sin?

  4. How were God's laws regarded?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

silverGodkingstrumpetgood
  1. Hosea 8 opens with an alarm: Put the to your lips!
  2. They cried, My , we, Israel, acknowledge you!
  3. But their actions showed they had cast off what is .
  4. They set up , but not by God.
  5. They made idols of and gold.

Think About It

  1. Israel said they knew God, but their actions showed otherwise. How can your actions show that you know God?

  2. What we sow, we reap. What good things can you sow this week?

Memory Verse

“For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.”

Hosea 8:7 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your good law. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What helps you remember God during a busy day?
  • What were Israel's two great failures?

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Hosea 8 · Grade 5

Forgotten Maker

Name Date

Read and Think

Hosea 8 begins with a warning trumpet and an eagle over Yahweh's house, because Israel had broken God's covenant and rebelled against His law. The people still said, My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you! But words of faith could not cover the fact that Israel has cast off that which is good.

Israel's two great failures were kings and idols. They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I didn't approve. With their silver and gold they made idols, including the calf of Samaria. The workman made it, and it is no God. Idols are made by people; the true God made people.

Then comes the famous farming proverb: For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. Choices grow, and their harvest is larger than the seed. God had given His law, but they treated it as a strange thing, and Israel has forgotten his Maker. In the New Testament, Paul writes that God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap (Galatians 6:7).

Show What You Know

  1. What did the people still say to God?

  2. What were Israel's two great failures?

  3. What is the difference between idols and the true God?

  4. What does the whirlwind proverb teach?

  5. In the New Testament, what does Paul say a man will reap?

Crossword

321

Across

  1. they will reap the ____

Down

  1. the many things of my ____
  2. Put the ____ to your lips
  3. For they sow the ____

Think About It

  1. Israel forgot his Maker while building palaces. How can busy lives make people forget God?

  2. Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. How can this encourage you to sow good habits?

Memory Verse

“For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.”

Hosea 8:7 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your good law. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Israel cried out that they knew God while breaking His law. Where do your words and actions not match yet?
  • What good things can you plant in others this week?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.