Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 28:54-57 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 28 in context

Scripture Focus

54So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

55So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

56The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

57And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

Deuteronomy 28:54-57

Biblical Context

The verses depict a siege so severe that even the tender among you become cruel to kin. They show how extreme scarcity drives acts born from fear.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the silence of your own consciousness, these lines are not a historical curse but a map of your inner weather. When fear, lack, and separation grip the mind, the 'eye' of the tender man or woman turns outward in accusation, toward brothers, spouses, children—projections of a life felt as deprivation. The cannibalistic imagery is symbolic: it shows what happens when you try to feed a self torn from the Source; you end by devouring your own sense of abundance. Neville would say: God is the I AM here and now, the living awareness that never deserts you. The outer siege is but a mirror of inner resistance to the One Life. If you revise your inner conviction to identify with the I AM—acknowledging that you are spiritually plenished and that all relationships rest in the same Infinite, you will witness the outer gates soften and the imagined famine dissolve. Covenant loyalty becomes fidelity to your inner truth, not to fear; you reclaim harmony by feeling the reality of your limitless supply.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine that the One Life nourishes every member of your household; repeat 'I am that I AM' and feel abundance, health, and harmony already present in your life.