Neville Goddard on Judges 10:6-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

6And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.

7And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.

8And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

9Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.

10And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.

11And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?

12The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.

13Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.

14Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

15And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.

16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Judges 10:6-16

Biblical Context

Israel repeats the cycle of forsaking the LORD for other gods and suffering oppression. They cry out in repentance and put away the idols, returning to the LORD.

Neville's Inner Vision

All the events described in Judges are a map of your inner life, not distant history. The idols—Baalim, Ashtaroth, and the nations listed—represent the repeated loyalties of a mind scattered by fear and desire. When the mind feels oppressed by these false powers, it cries; but the cry is an inner turning toward the I AM, the Deliverer that never left your side. God’s seeming anger is the body's signal that you have temporarily believed you are separate from the Source. The command to cry unto the gods you have chosen becomes a spiritual invitation to abandon them and return to the one Power that saves. If you revise your belief and declare, “I am delivered now,” you close the door on dependency and open the way for a single, sovereign action of God in your life. The misery of Israel would be the memory of a forgotten state; your healing, like theirs, comes when you put away the strange gods and serve the LORD within. In that moment, the soul is grieved no more, and you walk free.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, declare “I am delivered now,” and dwell in the feeling of a single sovereign power within you for several minutes, until the sense of reliance on outer powers dissolves.