Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 16:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 16 in context

Scripture Focus

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 16:8-9

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 16:8–9 forbids joining in outward feasting and warns that the sounds of mirth and wedding joy will cease in that place. It marks a shift from external celebration to an inner discipline.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard mode, the text reveals that the 'house of feasting' is a symbol of a mind caught in external pleasures, and the 'voice of mirth' represents habitual reactions to circumstance. When it says, 'Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes,' this is an invitation from the I AM within you to withdraw identification from external scenes and shift attention inward. The cessation is not punitive but transformative: true joy flows from an awakened consciousness, not from outward rites. As you embrace this, you discover that inner quiet and felt joy can stand firm while outer appearances change. Your imagination, trained through revision and feeling it real, can sustain a joyful state regardless of surface conditions, for the inner state creates the outer world. In practice, you align with the I AM, letting external mirth recede while your awareness remains serene and radiant.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and breathe until calm; assume the inner state of unceasing joy, as if you are already dwelling in a feast of Spirit, not of flesh. Repeat, 'I am the I AM, the quiet center that cannot be touched by outward mirth' until it feels real.