Week 789 · about 45 minutes
Jeremiah 8
Jeremiah 8 · Memory verse Jeremiah 8:9
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Jeremiah 8), the matching word search and answer key (Jeremiah 8 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a key
Hold a key. Read Jeremiah 8 in about four minutes, stopping at Jeremiah 8:9: “The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Jeremiah 8?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Jeremiah 8 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, ““At that time,” says Yahweh, “they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed. They couldn’t blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says Yahweh.” Jeremiah 8 opens with these words: ““At that time,” says Yahweh, “they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the…” The line to keep is Jeremiah 8:9: “The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?” Carry the word “wise” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Jeremiah 8:9: “The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Jeremiah 8? Then try this: Read “The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
Group game
Walk the room as if you are moving through Jeremiah 8. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Jeremiah 8:9. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Jeremiah 8 and write Jeremiah 8:9 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Jeremiah 8:9
“The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Jeremiah 8. Help us remember Jeremiah 8:9 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.