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Micah 4 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Swords into Plowshares

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.

PreschoolPeace Is Coming

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

KindergartenGod Gives Peace

PEACE → picture 2TREE → picture 4GOD → picture 1LEARN → picture 3

Grade 1The Mountain of God

God's mountain will be high. → picture 2Many nations will come. → picture 4He will teach us his ways. → picture 5Swords become plowshares. → picture 1Everyone will sit under his vine and fig tree. → picture 3

Order:

1. Peoples will stream to it2. Let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh3. They will beat their swords into plowshares4. Every man will sit under his vine and under his fig tree

Grade 2A Time of Peace

  1. Who will come to God's mountain? People from many nations (circle)
  2. What will they learn? God's ways (circle)
  3. What will people make their swords into? Tools for farming (circle)
  4. Where will each person sit? Under his vine and fig tree
  5. How long will God be King? Forever (circle)
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Grade 3The Mountain of Yahweh

  1. When will this happen? In the latter days
  2. What will the nations learn from God? His ways
  3. What will they beat their swords into? Plowshares
  4. Who will God gather? The lame and those driven away
  5. Where will Yahweh reign? On Mount Zion
1: Peoples will stream to it2: Let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh3: They will beat their swords into plowshares4: Every man will sit under his vine and under his fig tree
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Grade 4Learning War No More

  1. How does chapter 4 contrast with the end of chapter 3? Chapter 3 ends with Zion plowed; chapter 4 shows God's mountain raised high.
  2. What do the nations want to learn? God's ways, so they can walk in his paths
  3. What will people do with swords and spears? Beat them into plowshares and pruning hooks
  4. What will Yahweh do for the lame? Make them a remnant and a strong nation

Word bank: 1. Peoples; 2. walk; 3. God; 4. vine; 5. forever

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

Grade 5The Mountain of the Lord

  1. What other book contains nearly the same promise? Isaiah (Isaiah 2:2-4)
  2. What do the nations say they will do once God teaches them? Walk in his paths
  3. What do swords and spears turned into farm tools represent? An end to war; nation will not lift up sword against nation.
  4. What does verse 5 contrast? The nations walking in the name of their gods with God's people walking in Yahweh's name forever
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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