Isaiah 48 · For teachers and parents
Answer Key: Leave Babylon!
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 Leads the Way
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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 Leads Me
LEAD → picture 2WAY → picture 4PEACE → picture 1RIVER → picture 3
Grade 1Peace Like a River
I lead you in the way. → picture 2Listen to me. → picture 4Peace like a river. → picture 5The furnace of affliction. → picture 1Water from the rock. → picture 3
Order:
1. I am the first. I am also the last.2. Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth3. I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit4. Then your peace would have been like a river
Grade 2Listen to God
- When did God tell about things? Before they happened (circle)
- What does God do for His people? Teaches them and shows them the way
- What did God wish? That they had listened to Him
- What would their peace be like? A river (circle)
- What city did God tell them to leave? Babylon (circle)
Grade 3Oh That You Had Listened
- Why did God tell about things before they happened? So they could not say an idol did them
- Where did God choose His people? In the furnace of affliction
- What does God do? Teaches and leads us
- What would their peace have been like? A river
- Where would water flow from? The rock
1: I am the first. I am also the last.2: Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth3: I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit4: Then your peace would have been like a river
Grade 4The Furnace of Affliction
- What was wrong with how Israel used God's name? They used it but not in truth or righteousness.
- What does the furnace of affliction mean? Hard times used to purify them, like metal in fire
- What does God wish in verse 18? That they had listened to his commandments
- What great command does God give? Leave Babylon!
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
Grade 5For My Own Sake
- What are the new things God announces? The return from exile through Cyrus
- Which New Testament passage compares testing to refining gold? 1 Peter 1:6-7
- Which New Testament passage shows Jesus with similar sorrow? Luke 19:41-42
- What does the closing line help do in Isaiah 40-66? Divide it into three sections, repeating at 57:21
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
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