Neville Goddard on Hosea 2:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 2 in context

Scripture Focus

6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

7And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

Hosea 2:6-7

Biblical Context

The text describes God hedging the way to chase idols, so the seeker cannot find her usual paths. It ends with a call to return to the first husband, the true covenant.

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember, the God of Hosea is your I AM, the awareness that bears witness to every thought. When you hear of hedges and walls, interpret them as the stubborn attitudes of consciousness that keep you from pursuing misbegotten loves. The 'paths' you cannot find are the unreconciled assumptions making you feel separated. Your lovers are images and attachments that pretend fulfillment but only tighten the thorny hedge. The interruption is not punishment but a doorway: a nudge back to your first husband—the original Covenant of Being, your true self in harmony with I AM. In that moment, the wall dissolves as attention shifts from lack to awareness. The outward journey slows so you may turn inward and claim the unity you never left. The condition is a state of consciousness, and you can revise it by assuming your essential unity, feeling it real, and letting the old craving melt away.

Practice This Now

Impose a new assumption now: 'I am one with the I AM; all false loves dissolve before my inner light.' Then feel it real until your attention rests in that truth.