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Jeremiah 3 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Return to Me

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.

PreschoolCome Back to God

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

KindergartenCome Back

PATH → picture 4LOVE → picture 3HOME → picture 1SHEEP → picture 2

Grade 1God Calls Us Back

God called his people to return. → picture 5God is merciful. → picture 1God promised good shepherds. → picture 4God wanted to be called Father. → picture 2God will heal them. → picture 3

Order:

1. Return, you backsliding Israel2. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion3. I will give you shepherds according to my heart4. Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding

Grade 2God Says Come Back

  1. What did God's people do? Walked away from him (circle)
  2. Did God still love them? Yes, God still loved them
  3. Who did God tell to call them back? Jeremiah (circle)
  4. What is God like? Kind (circle)
  5. What would God do for them? Make them well again (circle)
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Grade 3Return, Children

  1. How were Israel and Judah like sisters? Both turned away from God
  2. How did Judah come back? Only by pretending
  3. What did God say about his anger? He would not keep it forever
  4. What kind of shepherds did God promise? Shepherds after his own heart
  5. What did God want them to call him? My Father
1: Return, you backsliding Israel2: I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion3: I will give you shepherds according to my heart4: Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding
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Grade 4I Will Heal Your Backsliding

  1. What did Judah do after watching Israel? Turned away too and came back only in pretense
  2. Why would God not look on them in anger? He is merciful and would not keep anger forever
  3. What would the shepherds after God's heart do? Feed them with knowledge and understanding
  4. How does the chapter end? With the people admitting that they had sinned

Word bank: 1. Israel; 2. God; 3. heart; 4. return; 5. merciful

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

Grade 5Return, You Backsliding Children

  1. Why did God say Israel was more righteous than Judah? Judah saw Israel sent away but still followed the same path and returned only in pretense
  2. What was the one requirement God gave? To acknowledge their iniquity and that they had not obeyed his voice
  3. What future did God promise in place of the ark? Jerusalem would be called Yahweh's Throne and the nations would gather there
  4. How does the chapter model repentance? God calls them to return, and the people confess their sin and say their salvation is in Yahweh
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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