Week 832 · about 45 minutes
Jeremiah 51
Jeremiah 51 · Memory verse Jeremiah 51:5
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Jeremiah 51), the matching word search and answer key (Jeremiah 51 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a paper crown
Hold a paper crown. Read Jeremiah 51 in about four minutes, stopping at Jeremiah 51:5: “For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God, by Yahweh of Armies; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Jeremiah 51?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Jeremiah 51 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Yahweh says: “Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.” 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, “For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden. Yet a little while, and the time of harvest comes for her.”” Jeremiah 51 opens with these words: “Yahweh says: “Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.” The line to keep is Jeremiah 51:5: “For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God, by Yahweh of Armies; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.” Carry the word “israel” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Jeremiah 51:5: “For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God, by Yahweh of Armies; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Jeremiah 51? Then try this: Read “For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God, by Yahweh of Armies; though their land is full of guilt…” 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 51. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Jeremiah 51:5. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Jeremiah 51 and write Jeremiah 51:5 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Jeremiah 51:5
“For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, by his God, by Yahweh of Armies; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Jeremiah 51. Help us remember Jeremiah 51:5 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.