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Jeremiah 42 · Grade 3

A Promise to Obey

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Read the Story

All the captains and the people came to Jeremiah. They asked him to pray to God for them. They wanted God to show them the way they should walk. They promised to obey God's voice whether the answer was good or bad.

After ten days, God's word came to Jeremiah. God said that if they would still live in the land, he would build them up and not pull them down. He told them not to be afraid of the king of Babylon. God was with them to save them.

But God also warned them. If they went to Egypt to get away, the trouble they were afraid of would follow them there. Jeremiah told them they had not been honest. They had asked, but they were not really ready to obey.

Memory Verse

“Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid. Don’t be afraid of him,’ says Yahweh, ‘for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.”

Jeremiah 42:11 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What did the people want God to show them?

  2. What did they promise?

  3. What would God do if they stayed in the land?

  4. What did God say about the king of Babylon?

  5. What warning did God give?

Ask and Listen

Write what happened in each box.

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Word Search

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

WMERCYEGLTRSLFYUGAAYIHHPGVNJVVPIWMODAAOCNIRAFPUIPOOMJRRUCRBECRILEEAEBTJDCWSYYLAPR
  • VOICE
  • MERCY
  • PRAY
  • OBEY
  • LAND

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing my prayers. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What would happen in Egypt?
  • Did they mean their promise?

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