Neville Goddard on Lamentations 4:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Lamentations 4 in context

Scripture Focus

3Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

4The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

5They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

Lamentations 4:3-5

Biblical Context

The verses depict a city starving and exposed to cruelty, signaling how inner hunger reflects neglected nurture. It is a stark image of scarcity that mirrors the psyche when spiritual nourishment is withdrawn.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the sea monsters are the old, resistant thoughts that drain your energy rather than feed it. The daughter of my people is your own waking consciousness when it has grown harsh, forgetting the Mother and the I AM that nurture every part. The tongue of the sucking child clinging to the roof of the mouth describes the soul’s thirst for truth when bread is not declared by your mind. Those who once fed delicately—your past indulgences—sit desolate in the streets of your awareness, symbols of vanity and misplaced comfort. Yet the inner state can be reversed in an instant: you are not deprivation but the source of nourishment. By recognizing the I AM as the bread of life within, you feed the inner child, you clothe the mind in truth, and you redeem the city of your soul. When you align with the possibility that all hunger is a belief, you flood the psyche with sufficiency and order, restoring the exile back to its rightful home in God.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the feeling that nourishment is present now. Revise the scene in your mind to see the inner child fed and satisfied, and declare softly: I AM the bread of life within me; all parts of my being are fed by consciousness.