Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 10:12-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 10 in context

Scripture Focus

12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

13When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

14Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

15They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Jeremiah 10:12-15

Biblical Context

God created the earth by power, established the world by wisdom, and stretched the heavens by discretion; idols are lifeless images that lack breath and perish. The passage warns against trusting in human-made forms instead of the living Creator.

Neville's Inner Vision

Seen through the Neville Goddard lens, Jeremiah 10:12-15 reveals a truth about inner states, not distant idols. The earth and the heavens described are the forms your consciousness can give to itself, formed by the I AM you are aware of. Your power is the fountain from which creation flows; your wisdom is the organizing principle that shapes experience; your discretion is the breath by which images rise and fall. When the verse speaks of voice creating a multitude of waters and wind drawn from hidden stores, it is your imagination awakening and moving the currents of life. The waters in the heavens and the vapours rising from the earth are the thoughts and feelings that ascend when you hold a living image of wholeness. The lines about brutish knowledge and confounded founders expose a mind clinging to external power. Idols are not external so much as misidentifications with power apart from awareness; they are vanity, works of errors, and they perish in the time of visitation. Awake to the living I AM within and steadily dwell in that consciousness, and your world will reflect that truth.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, rest a hand on your chest, and declare, I am the power by which all things are formed. Feel the life rise as you revise any belief that power comes from outside you; breathe life into every image you entertain.