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Jeremiah 3 · Preschool

Come Back to God

Name Date

Color the path home to God. God says come back!

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

Bible Verse

Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

Jeremiah 3:22 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Then explain that when we wander away, God calls us to come back. He loves us and makes us well. Let's walk back toward each other and hug.

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Jeremiah 3 · Kindergarten

Come Back

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

COME
BACK
GOD
HOME
Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

Jeremiah 3:22 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

PATH
LOVE
HOME
SHEEP

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a path back home.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for welcoming me back. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does come back mean?
  • Who calls us home?

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Jeremiah 3 · Grade 1

God Calls Us Back

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

RETURN
HEAL
SHEPHERD
FATHER
Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

Jeremiah 3:22 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

God called his people to return.
God is merciful.
God promised good shepherds.
God wanted to be called Father.
God will heal them.

Come Back

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

I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion

Return, you backsliding Israel

Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding

I will give you shepherds according to my heart

Draw a path back home.

Memory Verse

Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

Jeremiah 3:22 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for welcoming me back. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What did God's people do?
  • What is God like?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Jeremiah 3 · Grade 2

God Says Come Back

Name Date

Read the Story

God's people walked away from him. They followed things that were not God. That made God sad.

But God still loved them. He told Jeremiah to call them back. God is kind. He would not stay angry. He would make them well again.

Memory Verse

Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

Jeremiah 3:22 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. What did God's people do?

    Make them well againWalked away from himKind

  2. Did God still love them?

  3. Who did God tell to call them back?

    JeremiahMake them well againKind

  4. What is God like?

    Walked away from himJeremiahKind

  5. What would God do for them?

    KindMake them well againJeremiah

Word Search

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

UNNTMESNMRCFJLFHOEIEHAMREDRHSTITJPACGERULHHUIKOAARDEJFOLORENRRUTIHLTLDELIPWFOKSHN
  • SHEPHERDS
  • MERCIFUL
  • CHILDREN
  • RETURN
  • ISRAEL
  • FATHER
  • HEART

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for welcoming me back. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How does it feel to be welcomed back after doing wrong?
  • Who did God promise to give?

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Jeremiah 3 · Grade 3

Return, Children

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Read the Story

Israel and Judah were like sisters. Both of them turned away from God. Judah saw what happened to Israel. But Judah turned away too. Judah only pretended to come back.

God told Jeremiah to call toward the north. God said that he is merciful. He would not keep his anger forever. He asked the people to admit what they had done wrong.

God promised to give them shepherds after his own heart. These leaders would feed them with knowledge. God wanted them to call him My Father. He promised to heal them if they returned.

Memory Verse

Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

Jeremiah 3:22 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How were Israel and Judah like sisters?

  2. How did Judah come back?

  3. What did God say about his anger?

  4. What kind of shepherds did God promise?

  5. What did God want them to call him?

Come Back

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

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

SHEPHERDSCMMRTKNDIMHEAEJUNSFRIRRPVMRHAELCDHGAGETTDIIVEJAAHURFULOSYREREUKLURGTRNNL
  • SHEPHERDS
  • MERCIFUL
  • CHILDREN
  • RETURN
  • ISRAEL
  • FATHER
  • HEART

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for welcoming me back. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why was Judah pretending?
  • Why would God want to be called Father?

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Jeremiah 3 · Grade 4

I Will Heal Your Backsliding

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Read and Think

In the days of King Josiah, God spoke to Jeremiah about two sisters, Israel and Judah. Israel, the northern kingdom, had turned from God, and God had sent her away. Judah, her sister, watched it happen. Yet Judah also turned away and came back only in pretense, not with her whole heart.

God told Jeremiah to proclaim toward the north that backsliding Israel should return. God would not look on them in anger, for he is merciful and would not keep anger forever. They only had to admit their wrong and that they had not obeyed his voice.

God promised that if they returned, he would give them shepherds after his own heart who would feed them with knowledge and understanding. All nations would gather to Jerusalem, called Yahweh's Throne. God longed to give them a pleasant land and wanted them to call him My Father. The chapter ends with the people admitting that they had sinned.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Judah do after watching Israel?

  2. Why would God not look on them in anger?

  3. What would the shepherds after God's heart do?

  4. How does the chapter end?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

GodreturnmercifulIsraelheart
  1. In the days of King Josiah, God spoke to Jeremiah about two sisters, and Judah.
  2. Israel, the northern kingdom, had turned from , and God had sent her away.
  3. Yet Judah also turned away and came back only in pretense, not with her whole .
  4. God told Jeremiah to proclaim toward the north that backsliding Israel should .
  5. God would not look on them in anger, for he is and would not keep anger forever.

Think About It

  1. What does it mean to come back to God with your whole heart instead of pretending?

  2. Why is it good news that God does not keep anger forever?

Memory Verse

“Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says Yahweh; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will not keep anger forever.”

Jeremiah 3:12 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for welcoming me back. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why does God not stay angry?
  • What does it mean to admit wrong?

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Jeremiah 3 · Grade 5

Return, You Backsliding Children

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Read and Think

Jeremiah 3 continues the courtroom case of chapter 2. God's people had broken faith with him. In the days of Josiah, God pointed to two sisters. Backsliding Israel, the northern kingdom, had been sent away. Treacherous Judah saw this, yet followed the same path and returned only in pretense. God concluded that Israel had shown herself more righteous than Judah.

Surprisingly, the response is an invitation. Jeremiah was to proclaim toward the north that Israel should return; God would not look in anger, for he is merciful and would not keep anger forever. The one requirement was honesty. They had to admit their iniquity and that they had not obeyed his voice. God promised shepherds according to his heart, a day when the ark would no longer be missed because Jerusalem itself would be called Yahweh's Throne, and a reunion of Judah and Israel.

The final verses form a model of repentance. God says, Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. The people answered that they had come to him, for he was Yahweh their God. They admitted that help from the hills was in vain and that their salvation was in Yahweh alone, and they confessed that they had sinned from their youth until that day.

Show What You Know

  1. Why did God say Israel was more righteous than Judah?

  2. What was the one requirement God gave?

  3. What future did God promise in place of the ark?

  4. How does the chapter model repentance?

Crossword

43152

Across

  1. Has not returned to me with her whole ____.
  2. Should he ____ to her again.

Down

  1. Truly the salvation of ____ is in Yahweh our God.
  2. I will give you ____ according to my heart.
  3. For I am ____.

Think About It

  1. What is the difference between returning to God in pretense and with your whole heart?

  2. God promised to heal backsliding, not just forgive it. What might it look like for God to heal a heart?

Memory Verse

“I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

Jeremiah 3:15 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for welcoming me back. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How is returning different from pretending?
  • How does God heal backsliding?
  • 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.