Neville Goddard on Lamentations 2:7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Lamentations 2 in context

Scripture Focus

7The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

Lamentations 2:7

Biblical Context

Verse 2:7 depicts spiritual ruin: the altar and sanctuary are cast off, the walls of the palace are given to the enemy, and the house of the LORD rings with loud outward noise. It signals an inner condition rather than only an external disaster.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the attentive I AM within, this verse is not history but a signal of consciousness. The LORD you read about is your own awareness; when the inner altar is cast off, you have turned from the immediacy of presence and let the sanctuary collapse into fear. The walls becoming enemy-held mirrors how belief in limitation confines your spacious mind to a tense, noisy city of ego. Yet the noise is only the movement of imagination; it announces nothing but a call to restoration. The good news is that you can reimagine from within and rebuild the temple on the rock of consciousness. By assumption you can unlock the ruin: declare the altar and sanctuary are restored now, imagine the walls strengthening, and allow the sense of reverent stillness to inhabit your mind. Feel the presence of the I AM as the temple's flame, re-centering attention, dissolving fear, and making outward circumstances harmonize with inner peace. The verse asks you to revise, not lament; the inner will rise to reclaim the inner sanctuary.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and revise the scene by declaring, 'The inner altar and sanctuary are restored now.' Then feel the warmth of that restoration in your chest and dwell in that temple-consciousness for a few minutes.