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Jeremiah 13 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Linen Belt

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.

PreschoolStay Close to God

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

KindergartenClose to God

BELT → picture 3RIVER → picture 1ROCK → picture 4CLOSE → picture 2

Grade 1The Belt Lesson

Jeremiah bought a linen belt. → picture 4He hid it by the Euphrates. → picture 3It was in a cleft of the rock. → picture 1The belt was ruined. → picture 5God wanted his people to cling to him. → picture 2

Order:

1. Go, and buy yourself a linen belt2. Take the belt that you have bought3. Don’t be proud, for Yahweh has spoken4. Give glory to Yahweh your God

Grade 2Jeremiah's Belt

  1. What did God tell Jeremiah to buy? A belt (circle)
  2. Where did Jeremiah hide it? By a river (circle)
  3. What happened to the belt? It was ruined (circle)
  4. Who was like the belt? God's people (circle)
  5. What did God want? For them to stay close to him
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Grade 3A Belt by the River

  1. What kind of belt did Jeremiah buy? A linen belt
  2. Where did he hide the belt? By the Euphrates River in a cleft of the rock
  3. What was the belt like when he dug it up? Ruined and good for nothing
  4. What does a belt do? It clings to the waist
  5. What had ruined the people? Pride
1: Go, and buy yourself a linen belt2: Take the belt that you have bought3: Don’t be proud, for Yahweh has spoken4: Give glory to Yahweh your God
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Grade 4Profitable for Nothing

  1. What did God tell Jeremiah to do with the belt at first? Wear it without washing it in water
  2. What happened to the belt at the Euphrates? It was ruined and profitable for nothing
  3. What did the ruined belt picture? The pride and stubbornness of Judah and Jerusalem
  4. What had God's purpose been for his people? To cling to him and be for a name, praise, and glory

Word bank: 1. God; 2. belt; 3. Euphrates; 4. glory

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

Grade 5Cling to Me

  1. Why might a linen belt be meaningful? Linen was used for priestly garments, suggesting a holy people close to God
  2. What did the Euphrates point toward? Babylon and the lands where Judah's pride had led
  3. What are the four purposes listed in verse 11? A people, a name, praise, and glory
  4. What did Jeremiah urge before darkness came? Give glory to Yahweh your God
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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