Neville Goddard on Lamentations 4:7-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Lamentations 4 in context

Scripture Focus

7Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

8Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

Lamentations 4:7-8

Biblical Context

The passage contrasts outward purity with inner decay, signaling that true state is an inner condition rather than external appearance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, the text speaks of purity on the surface and a cold decay when the mind forgets its unity. The Nazarites symbolize your I AM— the pristine awareness that you are not the body or the judgments of others, but the consciousness that sees them. When you dwell in that I AM, the outward light returns: whiteness of thought, the ruby vitality of attention, the polishing of sapphire around every perception. The line that their visage is blacker than a coal speaks to moments you believed you were unseen or diminished, a self-image left to wither in the streets of fear. But that darkness is only an image in memory; you can revise it by returning to your original, indivisible state. Acknowledge, I AM, that you are whole and luminous, and let that awareness color every perception until the outward image aligns with inner light. The decay is a misrelation to consciousness; once you resume the I AM, you awaken and the seen world mirrors your restored awareness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and claim, I AM pure. Then imagine a white snow-light filling your chest and a sapphire polish sliding over your face and body as you rest in that I AM.