Neville Goddard on Amos 2:1-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

2But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

3And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

4Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

5But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

6Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

8And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

9Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

10Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

13Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

14Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

15Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

16And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.

Amos 2:1-16

Biblical Context

Amos 2:1-16 pronounces judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel for social injustice and violation of God’s law, promising punishment for their sins. It also shows that outward calamities reflect inner patterns that refuse alignment with divine order.

Neville's Inner Vision

Amos presents you with a mirror: Moab, Judah, and Israel are not distant places but states of your own consciousness when you forget the I AM. The three transgressions mark habitual patterns—fear masquerading as power, self-serving critique, and forgetfulness of the divine law—that awaken a fire consuming the outward palaces of your life. The judge and the princes symbolize your inner discernment and faculties that wither when you ignore truth and suppress higher inspiration. When you despise the law in practice, you invite a scene where the outer reflects this inner misalignment. Yet I have never abandoned the truth within you: I raised you to prophets and Nazarites, inner callings awaiting acknowledgment. If you silence these inner voices, you entrench limitation; if you revise toward lawful living, you invite a transformation where the so-called judgment becomes the cleansing of your own consciousness. The outer world then follows the order you have chosen inwardly; courage and integrity become your natural state, not occasional acts of defiance against fate.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state of the I AM—think, I am the law I serve; feel that truth as real now. Then act from this revised consciousness, letting justice and compassion guide your next thoughts and choices.