Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 14:10-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 14 in context

Scripture Focus

10Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

11Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

12When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

13Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

14Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

15Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

16And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

17Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

18If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

Jeremiah 14:10-18

Biblical Context

The text declares that the people have wandered, drawing judgment, while true voices are criticized as false; famine and sword threaten until repentance and truth take root.

Neville's Inner Vision

All that Jeremiah speaks of is a mirror for your inner life. The wandering of the people is the restless mind chasing external assurances, refusing to stay anchored in the I AM. When the passage says the LORD will not accept their offerings or prayers, hear it as a statement about the refusal of old, worn-out assumptions that no longer serve your awakening. The famine, sword, and pestilence are not distant calamities but the felt effects of believing you are separate from your own divine awareness. The false prophets represent thoughts that promise safety by illusion, yet they do not command your true interior authority. To hear them and still claim peace is to ignore the inner truth; to be warned that those prophets shall be consumed is to recognize that clingings to illusions must fall away. The crying of tears day and night is your spiritual discipline—refusing to bury the truth in comfortable fables, allowing your wounded innocence to be opened, refined, and restored. The field or the city are simply states of mind, and in the I AM you stand beyond both, where your inner vision reallocates law, and peace becomes your immediate sensation.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the belief 'I am a soul at risk in a broken world' to 'I am the I AM governing every field of my life.' Then feel the truth of that as peace now, letting the inner governor quiet the storm.