Neville Goddard on Hosea 9:7-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hosea 9 in context

Scripture Focus

7The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

8The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.

Hosea 9:7-8

Biblical Context

The verses announce that days of visitation and recompense arrive, exposing both false prophets and a troubled spiritual mind. The watchman remains with God, but the inner prophet becomes a snare and hatred stains the inner temple.

Neville's Inner Vision

These verses are not about places or people, but the state of consciousness you entertain. The days of visitation are the moments when your inner sight is called to see what you have quietly assumed as real. The prophet within, loud and sure, is the image of control, an inner preacher who trembles before the unknown and bears the burden of unhealed iniquities and hatred. The watchman may stand with God, yet the inner prophet becomes a snare, a fowler's lure that traps you in habitual reactions. Do not fear the verdict; let it reveal where you have forgotten the I AM and trusted appearances over the unseen. Your spiritual warfare is won by a simple assumption: I am the I AM, awake, watchful, and open to all that arises. When you revise the mind from judgment to awareness, the snare dissolves and the house of God becomes a temple of peace.

Practice This Now

Practice: assume the I AM as the watchman with God, revise the inner prophet into a trusted guide, and feel the truth of this revision as real in this moment.