Neville Goddard on Lamentations 2:7-9 - 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.

8The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

Lamentations 2:7-9

Biblical Context

Lamentations 2:7-9 describe God casting off the altar and sanctuary, destroying walls, and the law and prophets losing vision, signaling a total inner collapse of temple and order.

Neville's Inner Vision

Suppose the city of Zion in your heart has fallen into ruin; the verses describe not a distant catastrophe, but a state of consciousness where you have believed you are separate from your I AM. The altar and sanctuary are symbols for your inner center and sacred order. When you deem the walls to be broken and the gates sunk, you are only proving a habit of doubt and the chatter of limitation within. The enemies who devastate the walls represent misbeliefs that you have allowed to govern your life. Yet all of this exterior ruin mirrors an inner opportunity: you can revise the story by returning to your true Self, the king and the prophet within, and reestablish the law of conscious awareness. The destruction reveals the need for a renovation of your inner life; you restore by turning attention away from lack and toward the fulfilled state of I AM presente, wherein the temple is whole, and vision returns as your awareness shifts into alignment with wholeness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume I AM as the ruler within; envision the temple walls rising, gates lifting, and the law of right consciousness returning to your inner city.