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

Read Hosea 11 in context

Scripture Focus

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

8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

9I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.

10They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

11They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.

Hosea 11:7-11

Biblical Context

Verse 7–11 speaks of a people prone to backsliding and a compassionate God who resolves not to destroy, inviting an inward turning that restores relation with the Holy One within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Conceive Hosea 11:7-11 as a map of consciousness, not history. The 'people' are states of mind bent toward backsliding, and the heart that asks, 'how shall I deliver thee?' is your own I AM asking in tenderness. God is the inner ruler—the Holy One in the midst of thee—whose stance is mercy, not punishment; He will not enter into the city of fear, for fear is a dream of separation. The roar of the Lord becomes your inner assertion of presence, a victorious sound that makes you tremble not with doom, but with the release of old habits. When the roar arises, imagine the mind waking to itself: the little birds (fears) drop away, the dove (hope) returns, and you are established in your own house of awareness. The decisive act is an inner revision—choose to center as I AM now, and permit the belief in separation to fade. Restoration follows as you continually recognize God as your immediate reality, not a future event; this is the life that God has placed within you, and it is being realized here and now through attention and faith.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the I AM is my present, ongoing state. Close the eyes, rest in that awareness, and revise backsliding by affirming, 'I am the Holy One in the midst; I am placed in my house in God,' feeling the truth settle into your body.