Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 14:7-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 14 in context

Scripture Focus

7O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

8O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

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.

Jeremiah 14:7-12

Biblical Context

The people confess their sins and plead for God's aid, but the text notes their wandering and rejects outward sacrifices without inner change, signaling imminent judgment and the need for return to an awakened state.

Neville's Inner Vision

This passage, in Neville's terms, is a study of states of consciousness. The backsliding represents a continuous inner posture that forgets the I AM, the inner savior present in every moment. When they cry out with fasting and offerings, the critique is not about external acts but about aligning consciousness with its true source. The line that God is in the midst of them while they wander shows that the divine presence is not distant; it is the very awareness you call by the name of God within your own being. The directive to 'pray not for this people' becomes a cue to stop praying for external change and to revise the self from the inside: surrender the old self-concept and awaken to the I AM as your life now. The sword, famine, and pestilence symbolize the consequences of clinging to worn identities; release them by embracing a new assumption: I AM within me now, guiding and saving my life in this very moment.

Practice This Now

Assume the I AM within you is your savior now; sit in stillness and feel 'I AM' as your own presence, allowing that inner state to revise every thought and perception as if you are already saved.