Neville Goddard on Hosea 1:4-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

4And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

5And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

6And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

7But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

8Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

9Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

10Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

Hosea 1:4-10

Biblical Context

God speaks through Hosea, giving symbolic names—Jezreel, Loruhamah, and Loammi—that mark cycles of judgment, withdrawal of mercy, and eventual restoration. The passage also promises mercy for Judah and a future return of Israel as the sons of the living God.

Neville's Inner Vision

I read Hosea as a map of inner states, not a history. Jezreel is the moment I declare, 'I am the weapon of justice in my own life,' yet I release that weapon by realizing it is resistance to the I AM. The breaking of the bow in the valley of Jezreel signals the collapse of old devices I used to control life—fear, judgment, and struggle—when I drop them in imagination and stand in the silence of I AM. Loruhamah, the mercy withheld, points to a doubt that mercy could be distant; I revise by affirming, 'I am loved; mercy flows to me now.' Loammi, 'not my people,' reveals the illusion of separation; I awaken to the truth that I am one with the living God, inseparable from the source of all life. And the promise remains: the number of my inner Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, and in the place I once felt I was not my God’s, I now know I am the son of the living God. This is the inner drama of consciousness awakening to unity.

Practice This Now

Imaginatively declare, 'I am the Son of the living God,' and feel that truth as real in your chest and nerves. Hold that feeling for a few breaths and watch old judgments dissolve.