Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 10:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 10 in context

Scripture Focus

1Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

2Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

5They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

Jeremiah 10:1-5

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 10:1-5 warns not to imitate the customs of the nations or fear the signs of heaven; the carved trees and adornments are external, lifeless images, while true power is found in your inner alignment with the I AM.

Neville's Inner Vision

Take the idol not as wood or metal, but as any outer form you have trusted for security. When you hear 'learn not the way of the heathen,' interpret it as a call to stop copying external beliefs and awaken to the inner law of consciousness. The signs of heaven are not powers to fear; they are images produced by your inner state. The customs of the people are vain because they deck a tree with silver and gold and make it move, a ceremony that shows how empty forms are when severed from awareness. They are upright as the palm tree yet speak not; they cannot act. Do not be afraid of them, for they possess no power to do good or evil. The power you seek is the I AM within, the awareness that enlivens all forms. Your imagination, when assumed as real, breathes life into phenomena. Therefore revise any image that supports fear or limitation, and insist that within you the divine governor stands established as the ruler of every situation.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state 'I am the I AM within'; feel the inner light dissolve every idol of fear or lack. Observe as your outer circumstances begin to rearrange to reflect awakened consciousness.