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Jeremiah 28 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Hananiah Breaks the Yoke

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's True Word

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

KindergartenTrue or False

WOOD → picture 2BROKE → picture 4WORD → picture 1TRUE → picture 3

Grade 1Wood and Iron

Hananiah broke the yoke. → picture 2The yoke was made of wood. → picture 4God said bars of iron would come. → picture 5God had not sent Hananiah. → picture 1Jeremiah trusted God's true word. → picture 3

Order:

1. Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet2. May Yahweh do so3. Nevertheless listen now to this word that I speak in your ears4. Yahweh has not sent you

Grade 2A Wooden Yoke Breaks

  1. Who said trouble would end soon? A man named Hananiah (circle)
  2. How long did he say it would take? Two years (circle)
  3. Did God say that? No, God did not say that
  4. What did Hananiah break? The yoke from Jeremiah's neck
  5. What would come next? Bars of iron (circle)
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Grade 3A Prophet Who Was Not Sent

  1. Where did Hananiah speak? In the temple
  2. What did Hananiah say would happen within two years? Everything taken to Babylon would come back
  3. When is a prophet who promises peace known as true? Only when his word happens
  4. What would take the place of the wooden bars? Bars of iron
  5. What had Hananiah made the people do? Trust in a lie
1: Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet2: May Yahweh do so3: Nevertheless listen now to this word that I speak in your ears4: Yahweh has not sent you
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Grade 4Bars of Iron

  1. What did Hananiah announce? The yoke of Babylon was broken and the captives would return within two full years
  2. Why did Jeremiah say Amen? He did not want his people to suffer
  3. How is a prophet of peace proven true? When his word happens
  4. What did the bars of iron show? Rejecting God's word only made the burden heavier

Word bank: 1. Hananiah; 2. King; 3. prophet; 4. Jeremiah; 5. God

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

Grade 5True and False Prophecy

  1. Why was the clash confusing to the crowd? Hananiah used the same formula Jeremiah used, so both sounded like prophets
  2. What test from Deuteronomy 18 did Jeremiah apply? Whether the prophet's word comes true
  3. How did Jeremiah respond when Hananiah broke the yoke? He did not argue but went his way, waiting for God's word
  4. What showed Jeremiah's word was true? Hananiah died in the seventh month, as Jeremiah said
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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