Jeremiah 29 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: A Letter to the Exiles

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.

PreschoolSeek God with All Your Heart

lj and scrollhouseplantsheartsun

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

KindergartenHope and a Future

HOUSE → picture 3GARDEN → picture 1PRAY → picture 4HEART → picture 2

Grade 1Build and Plant

Jeremiah sent a letter. → picture 4Build houses and live in them. → picture 3Plant gardens and eat their fruit. → picture 1Pray for the city. → picture 5Seek God with all your heart. → picture 2

Order:

1. Build houses and dwell in them2. Plant gardens and eat their fruit3. I know the thoughts that I think toward you4. You shall seek me and find me

Grade 2A Letter from Jeremiah

Where did some of God's people live? Far away in Babylon (circle)
What did Jeremiah send them? A letter (circle)
What did God tell them to plant? Gardens (circle)
What did God tell them to pray for? The city where they lived
How should they look for God? With all their heart (circle)

Grade 3Seek the Peace of the City

Where did Jeremiah send the letter? To the people carried away to Babylon
What did God tell them to plant? Gardens
Whose peace should they seek? The city where they were carried away
After how many years would God bring them back? Seventy years
When would they find God? When they searched with all their heart

1: Build houses and dwell in them2: Plant gardens and eat their fruit3: I know the thoughts that I think toward you4: You shall seek me and find me

Grade 4Thoughts of Peace

Why should the exiles build houses and plant gardens? Exile would last a long time, so they should settle in
What were they to do for Babylon? Seek its peace and pray to Yahweh for it
What did the false prophets promise? A quick return
When would the exiles find God? When they searched for him with all their heart

Word bank: 1. Babylon; 2. houses; 3. gardens; 4. peace; 5. God

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

Grade 5Hope for Exiles

What did God tell the exiles to seek? The peace of the city
What does the word shalom mean? Wholeness and well-being
Who wrote to Jerusalem demanding that Jeremiah be silenced? Shemaiah
How does the setting shape the meaning of verse 11? It was spoken to a whole community facing seventy years of exile, so God's good plan did not bypass hardship

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