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Jeremiah 19 · Preschool

Listen to God

Name Date

Color the clay jar and the elders watching. Listening to God keeps us safe!

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.’”

Jeremiah 19:15 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Then explain that God asked Jeremiah to use a jar to teach a lesson. God gives warnings because he loves us. Talk about a time when a grown-up warned you to keep you safe.

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Jeremiah 19 · Kindergarten

A Clay Jar

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

JAR
CLAY
HEAR
GOD
Thus said Yahweh, “Go, and buy a potter’s earthen container, and take some of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests;

Jeremiah 19:1 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

JAR
ELDERS
HAND
LISTEN

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a jar.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for speaking to me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did Jeremiah buy?
  • Who went with Jeremiah?

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Jeremiah 19 · Grade 1

A Lesson with a Jar

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

JAR
ELDERS
BROKEN
LISTEN
Thus said Yahweh, “Go, and buy a potter’s earthen container, and take some of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests;

Jeremiah 19:1 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Jeremiah bought a clay jar.
He took some of the elders.
He broke the jar.
A broken jar cannot be made whole.
He stood in the court of God's house.

Listen to God

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

He stood in the court of Yahweh’s house, and said to all the people

Then you shall break the container in the sight of the men who go with you

Go, and buy a potter’s earthen container

Hear Yahweh’s word

Draw a jar.

Memory Verse

Thus said Yahweh, “Go, and buy a potter’s earthen container, and take some of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests;

Jeremiah 19:1 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for speaking to me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did he do with the jar?
  • Can a broken jar be fixed?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Jeremiah 19 · Grade 2

Jeremiah's Jar

Name Date

Read the Story

God told Jeremiah to buy a clay jar. Jeremiah took some leaders with him. He told them God's message.

Then Jeremiah broke the jar. It could not be fixed. God wanted his people to listen to him. He did not want them to be broken like the jar.

Memory Verse

“Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.’”

Jeremiah 19:15 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. What did Jeremiah buy?

    A clay jarNo, it could not be fixedListen to him

  2. Who went with Jeremiah?

    He broke itListen to himSome leaders

  3. What did Jeremiah do to the jar?

    He broke itA clay jarNo, it could not be fixed

  4. Could the jar be fixed?

  5. What did God want his people to do?

    Listen to himHe broke itSome leaders

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

BCPPEWEPGOOOJLILEAANTUDWPBTNTTDESRWEPAEARPIOWLIRHSGERWANMPMTSDDCETAPLTSTERHHOTSUI
  • CONTAINER
  • PRIESTS
  • POTTER
  • ELDERS
  • WORDS
  • PLACE
  • JUDAH
  • GATE

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for speaking to me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did God give a warning?
  • What does a stiff neck mean?

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Jeremiah 19 · Grade 3

A Jar That Could Not Be Fixed

Name Date

Read the Story

God told Jeremiah to buy a potter's clay jar. He was to take some of the elders of the people and the priests with him. They went out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, by the gate.

Jeremiah gave them God's message. The people had forsaken God and followed other gods. They had not listened to him. So trouble was coming to the city.

Then Jeremiah broke the jar while the men watched. God said the city would be broken like a potter's vessel that can't be made whole again. Afterward Jeremiah stood in the court of God's house. He told all the people that they had made their necks stiff and would not hear God's words.

Memory Verse

“Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.’”

Jeremiah 19:15 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What did Jeremiah buy?

  2. Who went with him?

  3. Where did they go?

  4. What happened to the jar?

  5. What had the people made stiff?

Listen to God

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

CONTAINERPRNPHWGGDGJPRPKGAMHULIOMGTHWDAETNRETOACSTTFWTRHETEJBSDDMOSRWDVNSPCELDERS
  • CONTAINER
  • PRIESTS
  • POTTER
  • ELDERS
  • WORDS
  • PLACE
  • JUDAH
  • GATE

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for speaking to me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How is this chapter different from chapter 18?
  • Why do warnings show love?

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Jeremiah 19 · Grade 4

A Vessel That Can't Be Made Whole

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Read and Think

In chapter 18 Jeremiah watched a potter reshape soft clay. In chapter 19 God told him to buy a finished, hardened clay jar. He took some elders of the people and of the priests to the valley of the son of Hinnom, near the potsherd gate. There Jeremiah spoke to the kings of Judah and the people of Jerusalem.

God said the people had forsaken him and filled the place with the worship of other gods. They had refused to listen for generations. Because of this, the valley would be renamed and great disaster would fall on the city. The details were so terrible that God said everyone who heard them would have their ears tingle.

Then Jeremiah broke the jar in front of the men. Soft clay can be reshaped, but a fired jar that breaks cannot be made whole again. God said he would break the city the same way. Afterward Jeremiah stood in the court of Yahweh's house and repeated the warning. The people had made their neck stiff, that they might not hear his words.

Show What You Know

  1. How was the jar in chapter 19 different from the clay in chapter 18?

  2. Where did Jeremiah take the elders?

  3. What did breaking the jar show?

  4. Why was the city in danger?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

gatepotterplaceJudahGod
  1. In chapter 18 Jeremiah watched a reshape soft clay.
  2. In chapter 19 told him to buy a finished, hardened clay jar.
  3. He took some elders of the people and of the priests to the valley of the son of Hinnom, near the potsherd .
  4. There Jeremiah spoke to the kings of and the people of Jerusalem.
  5. God said the people had forsaken him and filled the with the worship of other gods.

Think About It

  1. What is the difference between soft clay and a hardened jar for how people respond to God?

  2. Why do you think God gave warnings with things people could see?

Memory Verse

“Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.’”

Jeremiah 19:15 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for speaking to me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does it mean to forsake God?
  • How can we keep our hearts soft?

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Jeremiah 19 · Grade 5

The Potsherd Gate

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Read and Think

Jeremiah 19 continues the potter imagery of chapter 18, but with a sharp change. In chapter 18 the clay was still soft on the wheel and could be remade. Now God told Jeremiah, Go, and buy a potter's earthen container, and take some of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests. The location mattered. The valley of the son of Hinnom was where Judah had practiced the worst forms of false worship.

There Jeremiah announced judgment on the kings of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They had forsaken God, made the place foreign to him, and worshiped gods their fathers had not known. God said the valley would no longer be called Topheth or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter. The coming siege would be so severe that its horror would make the ears of everyone who heard it tingle.

Then came the dramatic sign. Jeremiah broke the container in the sight of the men. God declared that he would break this people and this city as one breaks a potter's vessel, that can't be made whole again. The difference between the chapters is the difference between a heart still open to God and one that has hardened past repair. Jeremiah then preached the same message in the temple court, saying the people had made their neck stiff. That bold sermon led directly to his arrest in chapter 20.

Show What You Know

  1. How does chapter 19 change the potter imagery of chapter 18?

  2. Why did the location of the valley matter?

  3. What new name did God give the valley?

  4. What did Jeremiah's temple sermon lead to?

Crossword

43512

Across

  1. Kings of ____ and inhabitants of Jerusalem.
  2. And take some of the ____ of the people.

Down

  1. That this ____ will no more be called.
  2. That they may not hear my ____.
  3. Which is by the entry of the ____ Harsith.

Think About It

  1. The broken jar shows that repeated refusal can harden a heart. What helps keep a heart soft toward God?

  2. Jeremiah delivered a hard message in public. What courage does it take to speak an unpopular truth?

Memory Verse

“Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.’”

Jeremiah 19:15 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for speaking to me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why was Jeremiah brave?
  • How do you respond when someone warns you?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.