Neville Goddard on Hosea 10:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 10 in context

Scripture Focus

3For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

4They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Hosea 10:3-4

Biblical Context

Hosea 10:3-4 portrays a people who claim they have no king because they have not feared the LORD, and their false covenants invite judgment. The passage ties political or external failure to spiritual disloyalty, with judgment arising like poison from broken promises.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this scripture, the king is your state of consciousness, the ruling awareness by which you shape life. When Hosea says 'they have no king' while they have not feared the LORD, it points to the moment you yield to fear or appearances rather than to the I AM within. The fear of the LORD is inner alignment with divine order—the recognition that true authority resides in awareness, not in external rulers. The false covenant is any agreement you make with limitation in your mind, a daily story that 'this is how life must be' apart from the I AM. Such self-made contracts produce judgment, sprouting like hemlock in the furrows of your field, as outward conditions mirror inward beliefs. Your remedy is not to battle outside forces but to revise your inner state: affirm the king within, anchor your imagination in the I AM, and observe how seemingly rigid outcomes soften as you dwell in true sovereignty. When the inner king takes seat, fear wanes, and the imaginary courts of judgment lose their grip, yielding a new harvest of reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the truth 'I am the I AM, and I reign within now.' When you hear 'we have no king,' revise to 'I am the King who governs this life,' and feel that inner authority saturate your being for a minute or two.