Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 14:10-22 - 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.

19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

20We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

21Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

Jeremiah 14:10-22

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 14:10-22 describes a people who wander in spirit and face judgment, with false prophets and ritual unable to heal. It ends in confession and a call to await the true awakening within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah 14 depicts a scene of inner weather: a people who wander in mind, clinging to ritual while the living river of life seems withheld by belief. The LORD, in Neville terms, is the I AM within you—awareness that either accepts or rejects any thought as you. The sword and famine are not external plagues but the contractions of consciousness that arise when you identify with lack, guilt, or prophecy of peace that never reaches the heart. The prophets who decree safety in this land without transforming inner life mirror a false voice within you, a memory-speaker that has forgotten revelation. The call to weep over a breach becomes your invitation to soften the rigid judgments and let true compassion nourish your inner form, so that healing may follow trust in the Source within. When you acknowledge, we have sinned, you are not confessing guilt in time; you are recognizing a state of consciousness no longer needed. The real answer is not in external rain but in the awareness you choose now, the quiet I AM that remains when the storm of fear passes.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and rest in I AM. Assume the state that you are the source of all rain and life, and revise any sense of lack as if it never happened; feel the peace that is the natural condition of your being.