Neville Goddard on Hosea 1:4-9 - 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.

Hosea 1:4-9

Biblical Context

God commands Hosea to name his son Jezreel, signaling a coming reckoning against Israel. A daughter named Loruhamah announces no mercy for Israel, yet mercy remains for Judah, while a son named Loammi proclaims that Israel has not been God’s people.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, these names are states of your inner life, not distant events. Jezreel marks the breaking of your old weapons—the belief that life comes through struggle—until in the valley of your mind the bow is laid down. Loruhamah is the call to revise the sense that mercy is scarce; you are invited to stand in mercy as your natural state, freely poured toward yourself and others. Loammi proclaims the old lie that you are not God’s people; but your true identity is I AM, the one divine presence within you. When you refuse the illusion of separation and rest in that I AM, the entire script shifts: what seemed to be outward judgment becomes inward clarity, what appeared estrangement reveals your belonging as God’s own presence. Your inner world is the stage on which mercy, justice, and union are rewritten by imagination turned to feeling.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and select a name to revise (Loammi). Silently declare, 'I am one with God; I am God’s people now,' and feel that truth blossoming in your chest as vivid reality.