Week 864 · about 45 minutes
Ezekiel 26
Ezekiel 26 · Memory verse Ezekiel 26:3
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Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Ezekiel 26), the matching word search and answer key (Ezekiel 26 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a smooth stone
Hold a smooth stone. Read Ezekiel 26 in about four minutes, stopping at Ezekiel 26:3: “therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Ezekiel 26?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Ezekiel 26 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “In the eleventh year, in the first of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,” 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, “He will tread down all your streets with the hoofs of his horses. He will kill your people with the sword. The pillars of your strength will go down to the ground.” Ezekiel 26 opens with these words: “In the eleventh year, in the first of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,” The line to keep is Ezekiel 26:3: “therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come…” Carry the word “thus” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Ezekiel 26:3: “therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Ezekiel 26? Then try this: Read “therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up…” 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 Ezekiel 26. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Ezekiel 26:3. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Ezekiel 26 and write Ezekiel 26:3 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Ezekiel 26:3
“therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.”
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Ezekiel 26. Help us remember Ezekiel 26:3 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.