Neville Goddard on Hosea 1:7-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 1 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

11Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Hosea 1:7-11

Biblical Context

Hosea 1:7-11 promises mercy for Judah not by weapons, a son is born as a sign, and ultimately Israel and Judah are gathered and renewed as one people in the living God.

Neville's Inner Vision

All the verses reveal states of consciousness, not distant events. When Hosea says I will save by the LORD their God, he points to salvation arising from the I AM within you, not swords or battles. The name Lo-ammi, meaning 'not my people', marks a belief in separation. Yet the sand of the sea symbolizes the inexhaustible supply of your awareness, and in the place where you once proclaimed, 'not my people', you shall awaken as 'the sons of the living God'. This is the inner gathering: Judah and Israel become one under the one head you call God—your own I AM. Jezreel signifies the harvest day of consciousness, when the scattered parts are sown back into unity. The outward history of a people mirrors your inner life: mercy replaces force, and renewal flows from the decision that the LORD is your God and you are in Him. Practice becomes a daily act of revision until the sense of separation dissolves into oneness with God as your living awareness.

Practice This Now

Practice: Sit quietly and assume the truth 'I am the LORD my God' in this house; feel mercy fill every part of you and revise 'not my people' to 'I am the people of the living God' with a steady, warming conviction.