Neville Goddard on Lamentations 2:15-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Lamentations 2 in context

Scripture Focus

15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

Lamentations 2:15-16

Biblical Context

All that pass by clap their hands at thee, hiss, and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, declaring that the city's beauty and joy have been swallowed. It marks a moment where outer judgment seems to eclipse inner vitality, awaiting a return.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville lens, the daughter of Jerusalem is your inner state, the I AM you awaken to. The passers-by clapping and hissing are not a crowd out there; they are the old voices within that say the beauty and joy are swallowed and that this day of triumph is already decided. The enemies open their mouths and boast—they voice the belief that your true center has been swallowed by fear and time. The scene is a drama of inner perception, not history. The medicine is to revise it by turning to the I AM, the constant awareness that never dies. When you assume the feeling I am the perfection of beauty, I am the joy of the earth, you rewrite the scene with imagination as a creator. The more you dwell in that inner fact, the more the outer city, the street, and the people reflect your inner alignment. Imagination creates reality; therefore, this moment of mockery is the precise invitation to claim a new memory, a new identity, and a return to your true city.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the inner fact: I AM the beauty and joy of the earth. Imagine the city bathed in light, and let the mockery dissolve as you dwell in the I AM.