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Lamentations 4 · Preschool

God Ends the Hard Time

Name Date

Color the gold crown and the shining stones. God's people are precious to him!

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

Bible 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)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Then explain that God's people had a very hard time because they did not obey him. But God promised that the hard time would end. Talk about how God's people are precious to him, more than gold. Thank God that he gives hope.

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Lamentations 4 · Kindergarten

Precious Gold

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Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

GOLD
ZION
HOPE
GOD
How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

Lamentations 4:1 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

GOLD
CITY
POT
HOPE

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a gold crown.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for thinking I am precious. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What is gold like?
  • Are you precious to God?

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Lamentations 4 · Grade 1

Like Gold

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Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

GOLD
CLAY
SIN
HOPE
How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

Lamentations 4:1 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

The people were like gold.
They were treated like clay.
Leaders did not obey God.
The hard time would end.
God gives hope.

Like Gold

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

Her nobles were purer than snow

He will no more carry you away into captivity

Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help

How the gold has become dim

Draw a gold crown.

Memory Verse

“How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.”

Lamentations 4:1 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for thinking I am precious. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What happened to the gold?
  • What is a clay pot?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Lamentations 4 · Grade 2

Gold and Clay

Name Date

Read the Story

God's people were like gold. They were precious. But they did not obey God, and a very hard time came.

People treated them like clay pots. But God said the hard time would end. God would not send them away 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)

Show What You Know

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

  1. What were God's people like?

    It would endNoGold

  2. Did they obey God?

    NoGoldA very hard time

  3. What came?

    Like clay potsNoA very hard time

  4. How did people treat them?

    It would endA very hard timeLike clay pots

  5. What did God say about the hard time?

    Like clay potsGoldIt would end

Word Search

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

GAGPEYKMBSWYODUOKMSASTONESSRYTTMRKBNREREMPMBNZVEROVASGICETRWLHOORTJEIOKLNUSNCSSTD
  • 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.

  • Who should help people obey God?
  • Who could not save them?

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Lamentations 4 · Grade 3

The Gold Has Become Dim

Name Date

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

  1. What does the poem begin with?

  2. What were the people treated like?

  3. Whose sins does the poem name?

  4. Could another nation save them?

  5. What hope comes at the end?

Like Gold

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

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

IIBFATTUWTJEMOREIOYLPMODBCURSHOAWAYAFWUGTGOLDZIONOTFMMUOSTREETSEDOMIOYRAESTONESNL
  • 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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Lamentations 4 · Grade 4

How the Gold Has Become Dim

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Read and Think

Lamentations 4 is the fourth acrostic poem. It contrasts Jerusalem's past glory with its present ruin. How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The precious sons of Zion, once compared to fine gold, were now treated as earthen pitchers.

The poem describes the terrible hunger of the siege in general terms and says Jerusalem's punishment felt heavier than that of Sodom. It names the cause: It is because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests. The leaders who should have guided the people toward God had led them astray.

The people had hoped for rescue from another nation, but it never came. Even the king, Yahweh's anointed, was captured. Yet the poem ends with promise. The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. He will no more carry you away into captivity.

Show What You Know

  1. What does Lamentations 4 contrast?

  2. Whose sins does the poem name as the cause?

  3. Could the nation they watched for save them?

  4. What promise ends the poem?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

awayZionGodgold
  1. How the has become dim!
  2. The precious sons of , once compared to fine gold, were now treated as earthen pitchers.
  3. The leaders who should have guided the people toward had led them astray.
  4. He will no more carry you into captivity.

Think About It

  1. Why do leaders carry special responsibility before God?

  2. Why do you think the poem ends with a promise for Zion?

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)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for thinking I am precious. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why should leaders follow God?
  • Where do people look for help?

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Lamentations 4 · Grade 5

The Punishment Is Accomplished

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Read and Think

The fourth poem is a shorter acrostic, with two lines per verse. It returns to the narrator's voice and uses sharp contrasts. How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street. Nobles once healthy and radiant had become unrecognizable in the streets.

The siege brought desperate hunger, described in some of the hardest lines in the Bible. The poem compares Jerusalem's suffering to Sodom's sudden overthrow and judges it worse because it lasted longer. The cause is traced to leadership: It is because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her.

Verses 17 to 20 shift to the community's voice, describing false hope in a foreign nation and the capture of Zedekiah, called the anointed of Yahweh. Verses 21 and 22 end with a reversal. Edom, which rejoiced over Jerusalem's fall, would face judgment, while Zion's punishment had reached its end. The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. The promise looks forward to restoration beyond exile.

Show What You Know

  1. How many lines does each verse of chapter 4 have?

  2. Why does the poem judge Jerusalem's suffering as worse than Sodom's?

  3. Who is called the anointed of Yahweh?

  4. Which nation rejoiced over Jerusalem's fall?

Crossword

4312

Across

  1. How the ____ has become dim.
  2. They wander as blind men in the ____.

Down

  1. The work of the hands of the ____.
  2. They were ____ ruddy in body than rubies.

Think About It

  1. Why might the poem place blame on prophets and priests in particular?

  2. How does the promise in verse 22 change the way the whole poem feels?

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)

Copy It

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 trust God, not others?
  • How does God's promise give hope?
  • 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.