Week 829 · about 45 minutes
Jeremiah 48
Jeremiah 48 · Memory verse Jeremiah 48:1
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Jeremiah 48), the matching word search and answer key (Jeremiah 48 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a key
Hold a key. Read Jeremiah 48 in about four minutes, stopping at Jeremiah 48:1: “Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is disappointed. It is taken. Misgab is put to shame and broken down.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Jeremiah 48?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Jeremiah 48 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is disappointed. It is taken. Misgab is put to shame and broken down.” 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, “on Kerioth, on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.” Jeremiah 48 opens with these words: “Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is disappointed. It is taken. Misgab is…” The line to keep is Jeremiah 48:1: “Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is disappointed. It is taken. Misgab is put to shame and…” Carry the word “moab” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Jeremiah 48:1: “Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is disappointed. It is taken. Misgab is put to shame and broken down.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Jeremiah 48? Then try this: Read “Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is…” 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 48. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Jeremiah 48:1. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Jeremiah 48 and write Jeremiah 48:1 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Jeremiah 48:1
“Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! For it is laid waste. Kiriathaim is disappointed. It is taken. Misgab is put to shame and broken down.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Jeremiah 48. Help us remember Jeremiah 48:1 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.