Lamentations 4 · Grade 3
The Gold Has Become Dim
Read the Story
The fourth sad poem begins with gold that has lost its shine. Jerusalem's people had been precious like fine gold. Now others treated them like ordinary clay pots made by a potter.
The poem tells how hard life became when the city fell. People who had lived in comfort now had nothing. The poem says this happened because of the sins of the prophets and priests, the leaders who should have helped the people follow God.
The people had kept watching for another nation to save them, but no nation could. At the end, the poem gives hope. Zion's punishment was finished. God would not carry her away into captivity again.
Memory Verse
“The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. He will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom. He will uncover your sins.”
Lamentations 4:22 (WEB)
Answer the Questions
What does the poem begin with?
What were the people treated like?
Whose sins does the poem name?
Could another nation save them?
What hope comes at the end?
Like Gold
Write what happened in each box.
Word Search
Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.
- STREETS
- POTTER
- STONES
- GOLD
- AWAY
- MORE
- ZION
- EDOM
Prayer
Dear God, thank You for thinking I am precious. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- How can we hold on to hope when things are very bad?
- Why did the hard time come?
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