Neville Goddard on Hosea 8:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 8 in context

Scripture Focus

1Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

2Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

3Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

Hosea 8:1-3

Biblical Context

Hosea 8:1-3 portrays a trumpet blast against the house of the LORD because the people transgressed the covenant and law. Israel cries to God, 'My God, we know thee,' yet has cast off what is good, inviting pursuit by the enemy.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your trumpet is the inner signal of awareness; the eagle that comes against the house of the LORD is the swift movement of judgment when you forget your true nature. The breach of covenant and law marks a moment of mental drift—an insistence on separation, rather than the recognition that you are the I AM. Israel’s cry, 'My God, we know thee,' shows assent without experiential inner alignment; knowing must become living being. Until you revise by assuming the I AM as your permanent state, the pursuing thoughts of lack and danger will keep their flight. The healing is in the simple act: assume that you now live in covenant with God; feel that presence as your own; imagine the self as one with the divine law you seek to obey, and let the 'enemy' dissolve into stillness. When you dwell as the I AM, the trumpet quiets, the eagle folds its wings, and you walk in the good that has always been yours.

Practice This Now

Practice: close your eyes, breathe into the sense of I AM, and declare, 'I am the I AM—covenant restored.' Then feel the good presence as real, letting any pursuing thought fade.