Neville Goddard on Zephaniah 1:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Zephaniah 1 in context

Scripture Focus

5And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;

6And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

Zephaniah 1:5-6

Biblical Context

The text names those who worship the heavens or swear by different deities, and identifies people who have turned away from the LORD or have not sought Him.

Neville's Inner Vision

Seekers, Zephaniah speaks not of distant places, but of your own inner weather. The host of heaven on rooftops is the constellation of images you lift above your daily life—pictures you worship so you mistake them for reality. To swear by the LORD and by Malcham is to hold two loyalties in mind at once, using the I AM to justify every state you prefer. The lines about turning back from the LORD and not having sought Him describe states of consciousness where you have withdrawn inquiry from your own I AM, allowing crowd-ideas to govern you. Neville's teaching is that God is not out there but within—the I AM that you are. When you revise your belief to acknowledge only the I AM as true, you dissolve the hold of any idol. By feeling the truth of your divine Oneness, you awaken from and undo those slight, separate alignments—until life itself becomes a single, living worship in which you are the observer and the creation.