Neville Goddard on Hosea 7:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 7 in context

Scripture Focus

4They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

5In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

Hosea 7:4-6

Biblical Context

The passage portrays the heart as an oven of heated impulse, stirred by inner actions, and warns that neglecting true alignment fuels a fiery morning reckoning. It frames outward pleasures as adulterous to the I AM.

Neville's Inner Vision

Take Hosea’s image as a map of your inner landscape. The adulterers are not strangers abroad; they are states of mind that keep the heart as an oven, heated by a baker of thoughts. The king and his princes are the inner authorities you grant to appetites—wine, scorners, and glittering appearances. When the inner baker sleeps, the heart remains preheated and waiting; the leaven of belief that “I must have this” rises, and morning fire erupts as judgment. This is not punishment from without, but the natural outworking of a consciousness that forgets the I AM. To change it, you must revise the scene in imagination: affirm the I AM as ruler, gently cool the heat, and pour your activity into alignment with truth. Let the oven burn only with love, order, and compassionate perception, so the morning glow reveals clarity rather than condemnation.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling: I AM the ruler of my heart; the inner oven is cooled and ordered by divine law. Then visualize the flame settling into a steady, nourishing glow as you repeat, 'I revise my inner scene now.'