Neville Goddard on Zephaniah 3:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Zephaniah 3 in context

Scripture Focus

3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

Zephaniah 3:3-4

Biblical Context

Within Zephaniah 3:3-4, the city inside you is ruled by fierce inner voices and distorted guidance— princes, judges, prophets, and priests—highlighting inner disorder that demands reclamation.

Neville's Inner Vision

All the scenes in Zephaniah 3:3-4 are real only to the mind that imagines them. The princes within your mind are not external rulers but states of consciousness you have assumed: fierce self-will, pride, and clamor that demand attention. The judges, the 'evening wolves,' are the cunning opinions that gnaw at your peace when you postpone choosing the truth of your I AM. The prophets who are light and treacherous are the ideas that promise guidance yet lead you astray when driven by fear or habit. The priests who polluted the sanctuary and desecrated the law are the ritualized beliefs you hold that justify disconnection from the living law written in your heart. Your job is not to fight them but to withdraw your identification from them and to assume the opposite state: I AM, the quiet governor, the overseeing law. When you feel as if you already are the I AM, you revise the pattern by dwelling in the feeling-it-real of complete right order. Imagination, not external change, brings the city into harmony; practice the assumption until the inner voices align with the true law.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and assume the state of I AM as the sole governor of your inner city. Feel the lions bow and the wolves fade as you dwell in the quiet order of the true law.