Neville Goddard on Lamentations 2:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Lamentations 2 in context

Scripture Focus

8The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.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 2:8-9

Biblical Context

The LORD purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; she is described as having her gates sunk and the law and the prophets gone. It depicts a spiritual collapse within rather than a historical event.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe that the city of Zion in this text is not a map but a state of consciousness. The wall, the rampart, and the gates are internal barriers of perception, and the line stretched across them signals a belief that their protection is withdrawn. When the law is no more and the prophets have no vision, you are not reading a history; you are reading a description of a mind convinced that harmony and direction have vanished. Yet the I AM, the inner awareness you call God, remains unaffected by any outward destruction and can be awakened by a simple shift of assumption. The scene invites you to revise by affirming a new inner order: that the wall is reestablished, the gate restored, and the divine law active within you now. Hear the inner voices of guidance as your prophets, and let vision return as you dwell in the certainty of I AM. Sit with this truth until your heart feels the security seeping back into every chamber of your inner city.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, place a hand on your chest, and assume I am the unshakable wall, the gate, and the law within me. Feel that certainty until the sense of security returns.