Lamentations 1:5 — Inner Reversal
Lamentations 1:5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Lamentations 1 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage describes how an adversary’s power and captivity come after a multitude of transgressions.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your conscious life is not a city under siege; it is a state you inhabit. The 'adversaries' and their 'prospering' are the outward signs of inner belief that you are separate from the I AM. The LORD's affliction becomes, in truth, your mind’s signal to revise: you have trusted a story that you are punished, that some power outside you decrees your fate. When you return to the I AM—the ever-present awareness—you refuse to concede to fear, judgment, or lack. The 'captivity' of the children represents aspects of your life bound by old habits and thoughts; they are not lost but held in a belief you can release by using imagination. By assuming the state of wholeness, you cause the scene to shift: the adversaries no longer prosper, the enemy fades, and your inner Jerusalem is secure in divine reign. This is not a sermon on punishment but a call to reassert sovereignty through inner feeling and faithful assumption.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and revise the scene: affirm that the I AM within you is sovereign, and declare, 'I am free; nothing outside me governs my state.' Feel the warm certainty of that inner king flooding every sensation.
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