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Isaiah 18 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: A Message to Ethiopia

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 Is Watching

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

KindergartenGod Watches

SUN → picture 4DEW → picture 3LOOK → picture 2GIFT → picture 1

Grade 1Look and Listen

Boats on the water. → picture 3A banner on the mountains. → picture 5Look! → picture 2God is like clear heat. → picture 4A present for God. → picture 1

Order:

1. Go, you swift messengers2. When the trumpet is blown, listen!3. I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place4. In that time, a present will be brought to Yahweh of Armies

Grade 2Look and Listen

  1. What land did Isaiah speak to? Ethiopia (circle)
  2. How did they send messengers? In boats on the water
  3. What did Isaiah tell the world to do? Look and listen to God
  4. How would God watch? Quietly, like warm sunshine
  5. Where would they bring a gift? Mount Zion (circle)
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Grade 3When the Trumpet Is Blown

  1. Where was Ethiopia? Beyond the rivers
  2. What were their boats made of? Papyrus
  3. What should people do when the trumpet is blown? Listen!
  4. What was God like? Clear heat in sunshine and a cloud of dew in harvest
  5. Where would the present be brought? Mount Zion
1: Go, you swift messengers2: When the trumpet is blown, listen!3: I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place4: In that time, a present will be brought to Yahweh of Armies
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Grade 4A Present for Yahweh

  1. How did Ethiopia send its ambassadors? In vessels of papyrus on the waters
  2. What should the whole world do when the banner is lifted and the trumpet blown? Look and listen
  3. What does God say he will do while the nations hurry? Be still and see in his dwelling place
  4. Where would the distant people bring their present? Mount Zion, the place of the name of Yahweh of Armies

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

Grade 5Like a Cloud of Dew in Harvest

  1. How did Ethiopia send ambassadors? By the sea, in vessels of papyrus
  2. What pictures describe God's calm watching? Clear heat in sunshine and a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest
  3. What does God cut off before the harvest? The sprigs and spreading branches
  4. Which New Testament story is an echo of this hope? The Ethiopian official who reads Isaiah and is baptized (Acts 8:27-38)
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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