Neville Goddard on Hosea 13:7-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 13 in context

Scripture Focus

7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

Hosea 13:7-8

Biblical Context

God promises severe judgment, depicted as fierce inner forces that observe, rend, and devour. The imagery invites us to see judgment as an inner awakening that exposes the heart.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Hosea 13:7-8, the lions, leopards, and bears are not far-off punishments but images of the movements of consciousness. When I claim I am the I AM, these wild states appear to alert me to what I have accepted as real in me. The I AM watches along the way and meets the dream of separation with an uncompromising glow of awareness. The caul of the heart is the protective layer I’ve mistaken for myself—the habitual defenses, fears, and identifications that pretend to separate me from my true nature. As I yield to the inner admonition, that caul is torn away, not to harm me, but to reveal what I am: a unified act of awareness that devours nothing of value, only the illusion of lack and separation. The wild beast is the force that tears away old stories so that I may know the integrity of my own heart. In this view, God’s judgment is a correction of perception, restoring me to the certainty that I, consciousness, am always whole, always intact, and always free to choose the next, truer expression.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare I am the I AM, awake to every thought and impulse. Roar in your own mind that the old pain is only a doorway to a higher awareness, and feel it real.