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Jeremiah 20 · Preschool

God Is with Me

Name Date

Color Jeremiah singing praise. God is with us when things are hard!

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

Bible Verse

“Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.”

Jeremiah 20:13 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Then explain that Jeremiah had a very hard day, but he still sang to God. God is with us on hard days too. Sing a favorite praise song together.

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Jeremiah 20 · Kindergarten

Sing to God

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

SING
PRAISE
GOD
HELP
Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

Jeremiah 20:13 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

SING
PRAISE
FIRE
HELP

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a fire.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your word that burns in my heart. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who was Pashhur?
  • What are stocks?

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Jeremiah 20 · Grade 1

Fire in His Heart

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

STOCKS
FIRE
PRAISE
STRONG
Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

Jeremiah 20:13 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Pashhur put Jeremiah in the stocks.
People laughed at Jeremiah.
God's word was like a fire inside him.
God was with him like a mighty one.
Jeremiah sang praise to God.

Like a Fire

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

I am weary with holding it in

Praise Yahweh

Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded

Sing to Yahweh

Draw a fire.

Memory Verse

“Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.”

Jeremiah 20:13 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your word that burns in my heart. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How did Jeremiah feel when people mocked him?
  • Why did Jeremiah want to stop speaking?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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.

Jeremiah 20 · Grade 2

Jeremiah Sings

Name Date

Read the Story

A man named Pashhur was mean to Jeremiah. He locked Jeremiah up for a night. People laughed at Jeremiah.

Jeremiah wanted to stop telling God's message. But God's word was like a fire inside him. He could not keep it in. Jeremiah sang praise to God.

Memory Verse

“Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.”

Jeremiah 20:13 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. Who was mean to Jeremiah?

    A man named PashhurA fireThey laughed at Jeremiah

  2. What did people do?

    A fireThey laughed at JeremiahA man named Pashhur

  3. What did Jeremiah want to stop?

    A man named PashhurTelling God's messageA fire

  4. What was God's word like inside him?

    A man named PashhurThey laughed at JeremiahA fire

  5. What did Jeremiah do?

Word Search

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

WJSVCVWBWBKEEAHHOUPAJRHJWNDMABMEOLEFMBSYIMUSITEJHLGISRWKCRHOHAETEHCRUNTHYOAOWORDY
  • JEREMIAH
  • PASHHUR
  • BABYLON
  • MIGHTY
  • HOUSE
  • BONES
  • WORD
  • FIRE

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your word that burns in my heart. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does fire in his bones mean?
  • How can God help you when people are unkind?

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Jeremiah 20 · Grade 3

Jeremiah in the Stocks

Name Date

Read the Story

Pashhur was a priest and chief officer in God's house. He heard Jeremiah's message and did not like it. Pashhur struck Jeremiah and put him in the stocks at the upper gate of Benjamin.

The next day Pashhur let him go. Jeremiah told Pashhur that God had given him a new name, Magormissabib. It means terror on every side. God's message was still true.

Jeremiah told God how hard things were. Everyone mocked him. He tried not to speak God's word anymore. But it was like a burning fire shut up in his bones. Jeremiah remembered that Yahweh was with him like a mighty one. He sang to Yahweh and praised him.

Memory Verse

“Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.”

Jeremiah 20:13 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. Who was Pashhur?

  2. Where did Pashhur put Jeremiah?

  3. What new name did Jeremiah give Pashhur?

  4. What was God's word like in Jeremiah?

  5. Who did Jeremiah remember was with him?

Like a Fire

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

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

PDBBONESPAWAPJDKAASOBLEIOMFHRYORNIIEHDLLEYHGGUNOTMROHARPNHIOUTUHPVPAYSYAFIREHSEFI
  • JEREMIAH
  • PASHHUR
  • BABYLON
  • MIGHTY
  • HOUSE
  • BONES
  • WORD
  • FIRE

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your word that burns in my heart. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why did Jeremiah sing?
  • Can faith and sadness be felt together?

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.

Jeremiah 20 · Grade 4

A Burning Fire

Name Date

Read and Think

Pashhur the priest heard Jeremiah's warnings. He struck Jeremiah and put him in the stocks, a wooden frame that held his feet and hands, at the upper gate of Benjamin. On the next day he released him. Jeremiah calmly told him that Yahweh had called him Magormissabib, which means terror on every side, because of the trouble coming to him and his friends.

Then Jeremiah poured out his heart to God. He said God had persuaded him and was stronger than he. He had become a laughingstock all day. Whenever he spoke, he had to warn of violence and destruction, and people mocked him for it. He decided he would stop speaking God's name.

But he could not. God's word was in his heart like a burning fire shut up in his bones. He was weary with holding it in. Jeremiah said that Yahweh was with him as an awesome mighty one. He sang, Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, for he has delivered the soul of the needy. Even after this, his sorrow returned, and he wished he had never been born. Faith and sorrow both appear in his honest prayers.

Show What You Know

  1. What were the stocks?

  2. What does Magormissabib mean?

  3. Why couldn't Jeremiah stop speaking?

  4. What did Jeremiah remember about Yahweh?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

mightyJeremiahGod
  1. He struck and put him in the stocks, a wooden frame that held his feet and hands, at the upper gate of Benjamin.
  2. Then Jeremiah poured out his heart to .
  3. Jeremiah said that Yahweh was with him as an awesome one.

Think About It

  1. Jeremiah's feelings went up and down in one chapter. How does that encourage people who struggle?

  2. Have you ever felt you had to tell the truth even when it was hard? What happened?

Memory Verse

“If I say that I will not make mention of him, or speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can’t.”

Jeremiah 20:9 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your word that burns in my heart. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can we tell God our feelings?
  • What does committing our cause to God mean?

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Jeremiah 20 · Grade 5

Persuaded and Prevailed Upon

Name Date

Read and Think

Jeremiah 20 shows the cost of being a prophet. Pashhur son of Immer, the chief officer in Yahweh's house, heard Jeremiah's temple sermon. Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks at the upper gate of Benjamin. When he released him the next day, Jeremiah renamed him Magormissabib, terror on every side, and announced that Judah would go into captivity in Babylon.

The rest of the chapter is Jeremiah's most raw lament. Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. Jeremiah felt overpowered by his calling and mocked all day. His message of violence and destruction made him a reproach. Even his familiar friends watched for him to stumble. Yet he could not quit. If he tried, there was in his heart as it were a burning fire shut up in his bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can't.

Remarkably, Jeremiah moved from complaint to confidence. But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. He committed his cause to God, who tests the righteous and sees the heart and the mind. He even broke into praise. Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers. Then, immediately, he cursed the day he was born. Scripture does not tidy up Jeremiah's emotions. It shows a faithful servant bringing both despair and praise to God.

Show What You Know

  1. Why did Pashhur strike Jeremiah?

  2. What image describes Jeremiah's inability to stay silent?

  3. How did Jeremiah move from complaint to confidence?

  4. What does the ending of the chapter show about Scripture?

Crossword

34215

Across

  1. Yahweh has not called your name ____.
  2. Heard ____ prophesying these things.

Down

  1. Because Yahweh’s ____ has been made a reproach to me.
  2. And carry them to ____.
  3. Who was chief officer in Yahweh’s ____.

Think About It

  1. Why might it help to know that faithful people in the Bible also felt despair?

  2. What does it mean to commit your cause to God when people treat you unfairly?

Memory Verse

“If I say that I will not make mention of him, or speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can’t.”

Jeremiah 20:9 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your word that burns in my heart. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can we help someone who is mocked?
  • What gives you courage to tell the truth?
  • 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.