Hosea 8 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Sow the Wind

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 Made Us

trumpetcalfwheataltarscroll

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

KindergartenRemember Our Maker

TRUMPET → picture 2CALF → picture 4SEED → picture 1LAW → picture 3

Grade 1Sow and Reap

A trumpet warned Israel. → picture 2They made a calf idol. → picture 4They planted the wind. → picture 5They would get a whirlwind. → picture 1God wrote His law. → picture 3

Order:

1. My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!2. They have set up kings, but not by me.3. For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind.4. I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.

Grade 2Planting the Wind

What warned God's people? A trumpet (circle)
What did they make? A calf idol (circle)
What would they get from planting the wind? A whirlwind (circle)
Who did they forget? God, who made them (circle)

Grade 3Sow the Wind, Reap the Whirlwind

What had Israel broken? God's covenant
Who made the calf idol? A workman
What will people who sow the wind reap? The whirlwind
Who has Israel forgotten? His Maker

1: My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!2: They have set up kings, but not by me.3: For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind.4: I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.

Grade 4They Will Reap the Whirlwind

What did Israel claim even while they cast off what is good? My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!
What will happen to the calf of Samaria? It shall be broken in pieces.
What does the sowing picture show about sin? Sin grows into something bigger than what was planted.
How were God's laws regarded? As a strange thing

Word bank: 1. trumpet; 2. God; 3. good; 4. kings; 5. silver

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

Grade 5Forgotten Maker

What did the people still say to God? My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you!
What were Israel's two great failures? Kings and idols
What is the difference between idols and the true God? Idols are made by people; the true God made people.
What does the whirlwind proverb teach? Choices grow, and their harvest is larger than the seed.
In the New Testament, what does Paul say a man will reap? Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

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