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Jeremiah 12 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Why Does the Way of the Wicked Prosper?

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.

PreschoolAsk God Anything

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

KindergartenTalk to God

PRAY → picture 2HOME → picture 4LAND → picture 1CARE → picture 3

Grade 1Honest Questions

Jeremiah asked God a hard question. → picture 2Running with horses is hard. → picture 4The land was sad. → picture 5God has compassion. → picture 1God will bring people home. → picture 3

Order:

1. You are righteous, Yahweh2. You have planted them3. You see me, and test my heart toward you4. I will return and have compassion on them

Grade 2A Hard Question

  1. Who asked God a question? Jeremiah (circle)
  2. What did Jeremiah ask? Why bad people seemed to have good things
  3. Did God listen? Yes, God listened to Jeremiah
  4. What did Jeremiah need to be? Strong (circle)
  5. Where would God bring his people? Home again (circle)
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Grade 3Running with Horses

  1. What did Jeremiah say about God first? God is always right
  2. What hard question did Jeremiah ask? Why do wicked people seem to do well
  3. What picture did God use? Running with horses
  4. Who had ruined God's vineyard? Many shepherds
  5. What would God do after the hard times? Return and have compassion
1: You are righteous, Yahweh2: You have planted them3: You see me, and test my heart toward you4: I will return and have compassion on them
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Grade 4Contending with Horses

  1. How did Jeremiah begin his prayer? By saying God is righteous
  2. What was near in the people's mouth but far from their heart? God
  3. What did running with horses mean for Jeremiah? He needed endurance for harder days ahead
  4. What promise did God make to the nations? If they learned his people's ways, they would be built up among them

Word bank: 1. righteous; 2. God; 3. horses; 4. heritage; 5. land

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

Grade 5You Are Righteous, Yahweh

  1. What did Jeremiah affirm before asking his question? That God is righteous
  2. What did the thick growth of the Jordan picture? Things would get harder for Jeremiah
  3. Why was the land made desolate? Because no man lays it to heart
  4. What hope did God offer even to the nations? Compassion and a place among his people if they learned his ways
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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