Neville Goddard on Jonah 2:8-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jonah 2 in context

Scripture Focus

8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

10And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Jonah 2:8-10

Biblical Context

Jonah shows that chasing lying vanities leads away from mercy. He vows thanksgiving and asserts that salvation is from the LORD, after which God delivers him to dry land.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe how the prophet's cry moves from the mind's vanities to a conscious agreement with the I AM. The lying vanities are not distant idols but counterfeit beliefs that tell you mercy is scarce, or that you must earn approval. When Jonah declares that he will sacrifice with thanksgiving and that salvation is of the LORD, he is not negotiating with God as a person, but reaffirming a state of consciousness in which gratitude and obedience are already fulfilled. The great fish and the vomit are inner processes by which a stubborn consciousness is repositioned to the dry land of true perception—the place where you know your salvation is not earned but granted by the I AM. When you cease weighing your worth against portraits of success, you discover that every turn of fate is a nudge back to your own essential state: mercy, release, and the power of the spoken word.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM is the only power here and now. Revise any lingering vanities by declaring Salvation is of the LORD and feel the thanksgiving as real.