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Hosea 9 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Grapes in the Wilderness

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.

PreschoolListen to God

grapeslj and figbirdtenttree

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

KindergartenSweet Grapes

GRAPES → picture 3FIG → picture 1PROPHET → picture 4HARVEST → picture 2

Grade 1Grapes in the Desert

Their harvest would fail. → picture 4They called the prophet a fool. → picture 3God found Israel like grapes. → picture 1God saw them like first figs. → picture 5They would wander. → picture 2

Grade 2Like Sweet Grapes

  1. Who did the people call a fool? God's prophet (circle)
  2. What would not feed them? Their harvest (circle)
  3. What did God find Israel like? Sweet grapes in the desert
  4. What did God want them to do? Listen to Him (circle)
JEWVGTREEMTCIRJJOANISRAELVLVPROPHETFEUVJEFWOIBGNESESEGYIYVHAEUEDTRPBSGTLRNMDTTMKV

Grade 3Days of Reckoning

  1. Why should Israel not rejoice like the nations? They had been unfaithful to their God.
  2. What did the people call the prophet? A fool
  3. What did God find Israel like? Grapes in the wilderness
  4. What would they become? Wanderers among the nations
1: Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.2: The days of visitation have come.3: I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness.4: My God will cast them away, because they didn’t listen to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.
NWFEASTDOOFIATOUTJTDISOFLRDFJCGRMJEKBTFGRAPESILOLHHEODRODFPJDLGDEGYPTYFYEPROPHETP

Grade 4I Found Israel Like Grapes

  1. Why would the threshing floor and wine press not feed them? They were unfaithful to their God.
  2. How did Israel treat the prophet? They considered the prophet to be a fool.
  3. Why is finding grapes in a desert special? It is a delight.
  4. Why would God cast them away? Because they didn't listen to him

Word bank: 1. prophet; 2. God; 3. grapes; 4. fig; 5. Israel

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

Grade 5Wanderers Among the Nations

  1. What did Israel think gave them harvests? Baal
  2. Where would Ephraim return and eat unclean food? Egypt and Assyria
  3. How did Israel treat the prophet? They considered the prophet to be a fool.
  4. How did God first find Israel? Like grapes in the wilderness
  5. What would they become? Wanderers among the nations
3PROPHET1GRAES2LISEN4FEAT

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

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