Neville Goddard on Hosea 9:16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 9 in context

Scripture Focus

16Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

Hosea 9:16

Biblical Context

Hosea 9:16 portrays Ephraim as smitten, with a root dried up and fruitless; even budding fruit is said to be slain, signaling judgment for spiritual unfaithfulness and covenant neglect.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM, the dried root is a conscious state separated from the living God within. When life is tethered to idols or outward results, the inner sap withers and fruit cannot sustain itself, because you feed from appearances rather than the Source. The judgment spoken of becomes a psychic correction: you are the state you imagine yourself to be. If you revise your self-concept to align with the I AM here and now, the root drinks again from living water and true fruit returns without strain. This is not punishment but a return to covenant with your own life; by dwelling in the one Life that animates you, barren outer conditions yield to renewed vitality. The verse invites a turn from idolatry to faithful awareness, so that the inner vineyard awakens and life bears fruit in harmony, peace, and abundance.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of the I AM; visualize an inner root drinking from living water and then imagine lush shoots and abundant fruit arising from your renewed awareness.