Week 824 · about 45 minutes
Jeremiah 43
Jeremiah 43 · Memory verse Jeremiah 43:12
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Jeremiah 43), the matching word search and answer key (Jeremiah 43 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a smooth stone
Hold a smooth stone. Read Jeremiah 43 in about four minutes, stopping at Jeremiah 43:12: “I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt. He will burn them, and carry them away captive. He will array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he will go out from there in peace.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Jeremiah 43?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Jeremiah 43 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of Yahweh their God, with which Yahweh their God had sent him to them, even all these words,” 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, “and they came into the land of Egypt; for they didn’t obey Yahweh’s voice: and they came to Tahpanhes.” Jeremiah 43 opens with these words: “When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of Yahweh their God, with which Yahweh their God had sent him to them,…” The line to keep is Jeremiah 43:12: “I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt. He will burn them, and carry them away captive. He will array himself with the land of Egypt, as a…” Carry the word “kindle” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Jeremiah 43:12: “I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt. He will burn them, and carry them away captive. He will array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he will go out from there in peace.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Jeremiah 43? Then try this: Read “I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt. He will burn them, and carry them away captive. He…” 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 43. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Jeremiah 43:12. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Jeremiah 43 and write Jeremiah 43:12 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Jeremiah 43:12
“I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt. He will burn them, and carry them away captive. He will array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he will go out from there in peace.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Jeremiah 43. Help us remember Jeremiah 43:12 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.