Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 16:2-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 16 in context

Scripture Focus

2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

3For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;

4They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

5For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.

6Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:

7Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

8Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

9For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

Jeremiah 16:2-9

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 16:2-9 speaks of exile, the severing of outward comforts, and a grave turn of events that goads a shift in conviction. It shows a holy upheaval that invites us to seek life within rather than in the surrounding world.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM, Jeremiah’s decree is a map of the inner weather, not a geographic verdict. The command not to marry or bear children and the warning that even joy and mourning are swept away signal the breaking of familiar supports that once defined you. The external catastrophe—death, famine, silence in the house of feasting—reflects a turning point in consciousness: the mind has cleared space for a new assumption. The peace that is taken away is the peace you trusted in externals; true peace is the I AM within, constant and unshaken. Therefore, instead of clinging to former securities, you align with the inner kingdom, where the bridegroom and bride of your being celebrate in quiet, enduring light. As you recognize that your life is the field of your inner state, you will see the outward land conform to your transformed awareness. The message is not doom but invitation: revise your sense of self until mirth, mourning, and even family imagery are felt as inner movements within the I AM.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise by declaring I AM the source of all joy now. Feel the inner banquet of peace filling your chest and radiating into every circumstance.