Neville Goddard on Hosea 8:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 8 in context

Scripture Focus

4They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

Hosea 8:4-6

Biblical Context

The passage shows people setting up kings and princes from their wealth, crafting idols from silver and gold, and worshiping a calf that stands for a false god—only to learn that these images are not the true God and will be broken.

Neville's Inner Vision

Whispers of Hosea 8:4–6 call you to observe your own inner government. In Neville’s register, the 'kings' and 'princes' are states of consciousness you have allowed to rule your life by assuming external authority—jobs, money, status, even idols of gold and silver—while the I AM, your constant awareness, stands by unacknowledged. The calf of Samaria is the image you’ve refused to see as a projection of your own mind, an attachment that promises security yet remains powerless before the law of your inner reality. The line 'the workman made it' points to the imaginative faculty that fashions idols from your past into objects of worship; when you believe in these images, you are living under a false governor. Yet the verse declares that this calf shall be broken in pieces, and you are free to allow that breakdown to reveal the truth: God is not in the image, the idol is an illusion. The remedy is simple: turn your attention to the I AM within, revise every external claim, and feel the sovereign presence already here, replacing fear with the certainty of your inner unity.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and declare, 'I AM the ruler of my inner world.' Then revise the belief that external powers govern you and imagine the idol dissolving into light.