Neville Goddard on Amos 7:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Amos 7 in context

Scripture Focus

1Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

2And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

3The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

Amos 7:1-3

Biblical Context

Amos 7:1-3 shows a vision of grasshoppers, Amos interceding for forgiveness, and God’s response that judgment may be stayed.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this vision, the grasshoppers are not a pest but a symbol of restless thoughts arising at the onset of a new season of awareness. They eat the grass of the land, the old conditioned patterns. When the prophet turns to God with a cry for forgiveness, it's the inner man waking to mercy—the moment consciousness decides it's enough. God does not coerce; the 'repentance' is the shift of the I AM, the revocation of the false image that Jacob is small. When you accept forgiveness as a present, not a past event, the Lord repents in the sense that the old decree 'it shall not be' becomes your new inner state. The vision invites you to intercede for your own nation—your better self—until you awaken to mercy in action, and the judgment passes as your awareness aligns with love.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume you have already forgiven someone. Feel the relief as mercy turns the inner climate and imagery shifts from grasshoppers to green growth.