Neville Goddard on Hosea 11:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 11 in context

Scripture Focus

5He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

6And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

7And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

Hosea 11:5-7

Biblical Context

Israel is warned it will not return to Egypt, and calamity follows because of their refusal to return to the divine. The passage urges an inward return, aligning consciousness with the I AM.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that Hosea names a people who refuse to return. The outer nations are but the echo of an inner resolution. When you insist you must stay in Egypt—the old story of lack, fear, separation—the Assyrian king is the symbol you have ceded to, the belief that a power outside you governs your days. But 'return' is not geography; it is alignment with the I AM, the awareness that is always asking you to be true to your inner unity. The sword on the cities, the devouring of branches, are the effects of a mind in rebellion against its own truth. Your true land is within, and the moment you accept the indispensable truth of your own divinity, these externals dissolve; you become master, not subject; your counsels align with life itself.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume I AM is the ruling power of your life. Then revise the scene by declaring 'I reign in my mind and return to the divine land now,' and feel that truth as real.