Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 16:10-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 16 in context

Scripture Focus

10And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?

11Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

Jeremiah 16:10-11

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 16:10-11 presents the question of why great evil has come, answered by the prophet as arising from prior generations forsaking God, walking after other gods, and not keeping the law.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the scene as a map of your own mind. The 'great evil' is not punishment from above but a state of consciousness you have rehearsed. When they ask, 'What is our sin?' the answer is your past allegiance to counterfeit images—habits, fears, or identifications you have given power to—rather than to the I AM. 'Your fathers' forsook me' becomes the truth that you have, in moments, left the unchanging awareness within and followed the lure of external forms. 'Other gods' are simply inner substitutes for the one reality of your being. 'Not kept my law' translates as neglecting the living law of consciousness—the discipline of attention, fidelity to the present feeling of your desired state. The remedy is inner repentance: return to the I AM, reawaken covenant loyalty in your imagination, and imagine your life as already conformed to that law. When you revise the inner memory, the outer 'evil' dissolves, not by punishment but by the re-creation of your self-conception through imagining this one truth.

Practice This Now

Assume you are the Lord of your mind, loyal to the I AM; in one minute, declare and feel: 'I am united with God in all I do.' Then dwell in that feeling until the old images fade.