Inner Winds, Inner Reaping

Hosea 8:7-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Hosea 8 in context

Scripture Focus

7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
8Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
10Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
12I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
13They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
14For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Hosea 8:7-14

Biblical Context

Israel's pattern of idolatry leads to judgment, exile, and the ruin of false worship. Outward events mirror inner choices and loyalty to the Maker.

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse by verse, Hosea invites you to see that every external uproar is but the echo of a prior inner decision. The wind you sow is the steady thought that identifies with lack, fear, or separation from the divine I AM. The whirlwind that returns is your own energy released by false attachments, surfacing as conditions that press you to revise your inner state. Israel forgets its Maker and builds temples to the self; so you too may forget the inner source and chase substitutes, counting what you want as outside you. The 'great things of my law' may appear strange, yet they are the living command within, waiting to be claimed as your present reality. When you offer flesh to the offerings of your imagined outcomes, the Lord seems to refuse the ritual because belief, not ritual, revives you. The remedy is to turn within, to recognize the I AM as your only governor, and to revise your assumption until your inner state and outer scene harmonize. Your exile dissolves as you realize you are never truly apart from your Maker.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, place a hand to your chest, and declare, 'I am the I AM; I now sow winds that yield harvest.' Then revise a current difficulty by affirming, 'I return to my Maker; my life is a temple, and every circumstance mirrors the state I assume.'

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