Neville Goddard on Hosea 4:2-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 4 in context

Scripture Focus

2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

4Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

Hosea 4:2-4

Biblical Context

The passage lists sins such as lying, killing, stealing, and adultery, and says the land will mourn as life languishes; people even contend with the priest instead of addressing inner truth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM, Hosea's catalogue is not a judgment against others but a mirror of your inner states. 'They' are the varying thoughts, beliefs, and feelings you entertain in the hidden room of your mind. When you swear to the rigid ego, when you lie to yourself, when you kill desire, steal your peace, or commit adultery with distraction, you unleash a chain of inner movement that creates a landscape where blood touches blood. The land's mourning is your inner barrenness becoming visible as outer trouble. The beasts of the field, the birds of heaven, and the fishes signify the living elements of your consciousness that have grown wild when truth is denied. The instruction is interior: stop striving with others or with priests; turn within to your I AM. Your 'people' are the parts of you at war with the priestly, aligned state already yours by imagination. Rest in the certainty that your inner state shapes the world you inhabit.