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Zephaniah 1 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Day of the Lord

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.

PreschoolBe Quiet Before God

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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 Is Holy

QUIET → picture 3GOD → picture 1LAMP → picture 4SEEK → picture 2

Grade 1The Day Is Near

Be silent before Yahweh. → picture 4Some turned back from God. → picture 3God searches with lamps. → picture 1A day of the trumpet comes. → picture 5Silver cannot save them. → picture 2

Order:

1. Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh2. I will search Jerusalem with lamps3. The great day of Yahweh is near

Grade 2Listen to God

  1. Who did God's word come to? Zephaniah (circle)
  2. Who was king? Josiah (circle)
  3. What had many people stopped doing? Following God (circle)
  4. What did Zephaniah tell them to be? Quiet before God (circle)
  5. Could gold help? No (circle)
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Grade 3Be Silent Before God

  1. When did Yahweh's word come to Zephaniah? In the days of Josiah, king of Judah
  2. What had many people turned back from? Following Yahweh
  3. What would God search Jerusalem with? Lamps
  4. What did Zephaniah say is near? The day of Yahweh
  5. What could not save them? Their silver and their gold
1: Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh2: I will search Jerusalem with lamps3: The great day of Yahweh is near
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Grade 4The Day of Yahweh Is Near

  1. When did Zephaniah receive Yahweh's word? In the days of Josiah, king of Judah
  2. Name one sin God points out in Judah. Worshiping Baal or the army of the sky
  3. What did some people say in their heart? That Yahweh will do nothing
  4. What could not deliver them on that day? Silver or gold

Word bank: 1. God; 2. silent; 3. lamps; 4. day

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

Grade 5Silver and Gold Cannot Save

  1. How does verse 3 echo creation? It lists man, animal, birds, and fish, the creatures of creation.
  2. What kinds of disloyalty does God name? Worshiping Baal, worshiping the army of the sky, swearing by Malcam, and turning back from Yahweh
  3. What did the complacent people say about Yahweh? Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil.
  4. What cannot deliver them in the day of Yahweh's wrath? Their silver and their gold
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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