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Jeremiah 8 · Preschool

God Can Heal

Name Date

Color the birds and the healing jar. God is the best helper!

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

Bible Verse

“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”

Jeremiah 8:22 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Then explain that balm is a medicine that helps hurts get better. Jeremiah wanted his people to be healed. Pray together and ask God to help anyone who is hurting.

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Jeremiah 8 · Kindergarten

Birds Know

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

BIRD
TIME
HEAL
GOD
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Jeremiah 8:22 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

BIRD
TIME
BALM
CARE

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a bird flying home.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for healing hurting people. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What do the stork and swallow know?
  • Why did God talk about birds?

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Jeremiah 8 · Grade 1

A Healing Balm

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

BALM
STORK
SEASON
HEAL
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Jeremiah 8:22 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

The stork knows her times.
People should turn back to God.
Balm helps hurts get better.
Jeremiah cared for his people.
The harvest time had passed.

God Heals

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

The summer has ended, and we are not saved

Does one turn away, and not return

The harvest is past

Is there no balm in Gilead

Draw a bird flying home.

Memory Verse

“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”

Jeremiah 8:22 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for healing hurting people. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does it mean to fall and get up?
  • Why didn't the people return?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Jeremiah 8 · Grade 2

Birds Know Their Times

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Read the Story

God made the stork and the swallow. They know when to fly away. They know when to come back.

God's people did not know his ways. They did not turn back to him. Jeremiah was sad. He wanted them to be healed.

Memory Verse

“Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.”

Jeremiah 8:7 (WEB)

Show What You Know

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

  1. What birds did God talk about?

  2. What do the birds know?

  3. What did God's people not know?

    His waysSadThe stork and the swallow

  4. How did Jeremiah feel?

    For them to be healedSadThe stork and the swallow

  5. What did Jeremiah want?

Word Search

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

SHARVESTMSGKBRVVRIWGKSAAKEMAIMSTLMWHLLFHUOMMMLESDYMRKFOAOCPHMKTWDFIFSHEYJHEALTHER
  • HARVEST
  • SWALLOW
  • GILEAD
  • SUMMER
  • HEALTH
  • STORK
  • BALM

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for healing hurting people. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What is balm?
  • Where was Gilead?

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Jeremiah 8 · Grade 3

No Balm in Gilead?

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Read the Story

God asked a simple question. When people fall, don't they get up again? When someone turns away, don't they return? But God's people kept going the wrong way. No one asked what they had done wrong.

God said the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane know when to come. But his people did not know Yahweh's law. Some people said they were wise, but they did not follow God's word.

Jeremiah was very sad for his people. Gilead was a place known for balm, a medicine for hurts. Jeremiah asked if there was no balm in Gilead and no physician there. He longed for his people to be healed.

Memory Verse

“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”

Jeremiah 8:22 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What happens when people fall?

  2. What does the stork know?

  3. What did the people not know?

  4. What was Gilead known for?

  5. What did Jeremiah long for?

God Heals

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

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

RLRSUMMERBALMLPLGBSHCGSTORKOADEIBCLCURSWALLOWMVHFNCEBVLEFWEYAAAOSMKFDNGDCTHEALTHA
  • HARVEST
  • SWALLOW
  • GILEAD
  • SUMMER
  • HEALTH
  • STORK
  • BALM

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for healing hurting people. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why was Jeremiah sad?
  • What does the harvest is past mean?

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Jeremiah 8 · Grade 4

A People Who Did Not Return

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Read and Think

God asked his people a common-sense question. When people fall, don't they rise up again? When someone turns away, don't they come back? Yet Jerusalem had turned away with a backsliding that never stopped. They held tightly to deceit and refused to return. No one stopped to ask what he had done.

God pointed to the birds. The stork, the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane all keep the seasons God built into them. They know when to travel and when to return. But God's own people did not know Yahweh's law, even though some claimed to be wise because they had it.

Jeremiah felt the coming trouble as his own. He mourned for the hurt of his people. Gilead was famous for its healing balm, so he asked whether there was no balm in Gilead and no physician there. The healing they needed would come only by turning back to God.

Show What You Know

  1. What common-sense question did God ask?

  2. What did the birds show?

  3. What did the people not know?

  4. What healing did the people need?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

storkGodbalm
  1. asked his people a common-sense question.
  2. The , the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane all keep the seasons God built into them.
  3. Gilead was famous for its healing , so he asked whether there was no balm in Gilead and no physician there.

Think About It

  1. The birds follow the rhythms God made. What are some good rhythms that help people stay close to God?

  2. Jeremiah felt the hurt of his people as his own. How can we share in the sorrows of others?

Memory Verse

“Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.”

Jeremiah 8:7 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for healing hurting people. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why is false peace harmful?
  • How can people find real healing?

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Jeremiah 8 · Grade 5

The Harvest Is Past

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Read and Think

Jeremiah 8 continues the warnings of the temple sermon. The chapter opens with grim pictures of judgment, including bones taken from graves and spread before the sun and moon the people had worshiped. Then God asked why his people would not do the most natural thing. People who fall get up, and those who turn away come back. God observed that no one turned back. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, What have I done?

God compared his people to migrating birds. The stork in the sky knows her appointed times, but his people did not know Yahweh's law. Some claimed wisdom because they had the law, but the false pen of the scribes had turned it into a lie. Again prophets and priests healed the people's hurt slightly, saying Peace, peace, when there is no peace.

The chapter ends with one of Jeremiah's laments. The harvest is past. The summer has ended, and we are not saved. Jeremiah said that for the hurt of the daughter of his people he was hurt. Gilead was known for its balm, so he asked, Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? The question is a cry of grief that healing was near, yet the people had not received it.

Show What You Know

  1. What natural thing did the people fail to do?

  2. What did the birds teach?

  3. What had the scribes done to the law?

  4. What does the balm in Gilead question express?

Crossword

3124

Across

  1. Is there no balm in ____.
  2. The ____ has ended, and we are not saved.

Down

  1. Is there no ____ in Gilead.
  2. The ____ is past.
  3. The ____ in the sky knows her appointed times.

Think About It

  1. Knowing a rule and following it are different. How can someone have God's word yet not really know it?

  2. The harvest is past is a picture of a missed chance. How can we respond to God while there is time?

Memory Verse

“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”

Jeremiah 8:22 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for healing hurting people. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can we keep good rhythms with God?
  • How can we comfort others who are hurting?
  • 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.