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Lamentations 4 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Gold Grown Dim

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.

PreschoolGod Ends the Hard Time

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

KindergartenPrecious Gold

GOLD → picture 2CITY → picture 4POT → picture 1HOPE → picture 3

Grade 1Like Gold

The people were like gold. → picture 2They were treated like clay. → picture 4Leaders did not obey God. → picture 5The hard time would end. → picture 1God gives hope. → picture 3

Order:

1. How the gold has become dim2. Her nobles were purer than snow3. Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help4. He will no more carry you away into captivity

Grade 2Gold and Clay

  1. What were God's people like? Gold (circle)
  2. Did they obey God? No (circle)
  3. What came? A very hard time (circle)
  4. How did people treat them? Like clay pots (circle)
  5. What did God say about the hard time? It would end (circle)
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Grade 3The Gold Has Become Dim

  1. What does the poem begin with? Gold that has lost its shine
  2. What were the people treated like? Ordinary clay pots
  3. Whose sins does the poem name? The prophets and priests
  4. Could another nation save them? No
  5. What hope comes at the end? Zion's punishment was finished
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Grade 4How the Gold Has Become Dim

  1. What does Lamentations 4 contrast? Jerusalem's past glory with its present ruin
  2. Whose sins does the poem name as the cause? Her prophets and her priests
  3. Could the nation they watched for save them? No
  4. What promise ends the poem? The punishment is accomplished, and God will no more carry Zion away into captivity

Word bank: 1. gold; 2. Zion; 3. God; 4. away

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

Grade 5The Punishment Is Accomplished

  1. How many lines does each verse of chapter 4 have? Two
  2. Why does the poem judge Jerusalem's suffering as worse than Sodom's? It lasted longer
  3. Who is called the anointed of Yahweh? Zedekiah
  4. Which nation rejoiced over Jerusalem's fall? Edom
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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