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Nahum 3 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: God Sees Cruelty

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 Is Fair

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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 Sees All

STARS → picture 4FIGS → picture 3KIND → picture 1FAIR → picture 2

Grade 1The End of Cruelty

Nineveh was full of lies. → picture 5No-Amon had water around her. → picture 1Its forts were like ripe figs. → picture 4Its merchants were more than the stars. → picture 2Its people were scattered. → picture 3

Order:

1. You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies2. Your guards are like the locusts

Grade 2God Is Fair

  1. What was Nineveh full of? Lies (circle)
  2. What did Nineveh have more of than stars? Sellers (circle)
  3. What were its walls like? Ripe figs (circle)
  4. What happens to ripe figs when shaken? They fall (circle)
  5. What is God always? Fair (circle)
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Grade 3Like Ripe Figs

  1. What was Nineveh full of? Lies and robbery
  2. Which city does Nahum compare to Nineveh? No-Amon
  3. What would Nineveh's fortresses be like? Fig trees with ripe figs
  4. What would its guards flee like? Locusts
  5. Where would its people be scattered? On the mountains
1: You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies2: Your guards are like the locusts
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Grade 4The Fall of a Cruel City

  1. What two sins does verse 1 name? Lies and robbery
  2. Why does Nahum mention No-Amon? It was strong, yet it fell, so Nineveh was no better.
  3. How are Nineveh's fortresses like ripe figs? They fall easily when shaken.
  4. What question ends the book? Who hasn't felt your endless cruelty?

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

Grade 5Who Hasn't Felt Your Cruelty?

  1. What sins does verse 1 charge against Nineveh? Bloodshed, lies, and robbery
  2. What lesson does Nahum draw from No-Amon? Even No-Amon, with waters around her, was carried away.
  3. What do the locusts in verse 17 show? Nineveh's guards and officials will disappear quickly.
  4. Why do the nations clap their hands at the end? Everyone had felt Nineveh's endless cruelty.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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