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Isaiah 31 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Like Birds Hovering

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 Protects

birdEyeheartpeople

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

KindergartenBirds Hovering

BIRD → picture 4CITY → picture 3RETURN → picture 1SAFE → picture 2

Grade 1God Will Protect

As birds hovering. → picture 5God will protect Jerusalem. → picture 1Return to Him. → picture 4Do not trust horses. → picture 2He will deliver it. → picture 3

Order:

1. Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help2. Now the Egyptians are men, and not God3. As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem4. Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel

Grade 2Like a Bird

  1. What did some people trust in? Horses and chariots (circle)
  2. Who is stronger than horses? God (circle)
  3. What city would God keep safe? Jerusalem (circle)
  4. What is God like? Birds flying over their nest
  5. What did God call His people to do? Come back to Him (circle)
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Grade 3As Birds Hovering

  1. Where did some people go for help? Down to Egypt
  2. What did they trust in? Horses and chariots
  3. What are the Egyptians? Men, and not God
  4. How will Yahweh protect Jerusalem? As birds hovering
  5. What would the people throw away? Their idols
1: Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help2: Now the Egyptians are men, and not God3: As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem4: Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel
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Grade 4Men, and Not God

  1. What was the people's mistake? They relied on horses and chariots and did not look to the Holy One of Israel.
  2. What are the Egyptians and their horses? Men, and not God; flesh, and not spirit
  3. Which two pictures does God use of himself? A lion not afraid of shepherds, and birds hovering
  4. How would Assyria fall? Not by a human sword

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

Grade 5The Hovering Protector

  1. What does Isaiah say about God in 31:2? Yet he also is wise
  2. What do the words pass over recall? The Passover in Egypt (Exodus 12:13)
  3. Which New Testament verse uses a similar bird image? Matthew 23:37
  4. How was the prediction about Assyria fulfilled? The angel of Yahweh struck the Assyrian camp (Isaiah 37:36).
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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