Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 17:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 17 in context

Scripture Focus

1The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

2Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

3O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

4And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

Jeremiah 17:1-4

Biblical Context

The verse describes sin as written on the heart and on the altars, shaping present life, with judgment leading to exile. It links inner disposition to outward idolatry and the loss of heritage.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within me the Judah described is a state of consciousness, not a distant nation. The 'pen of iron' and the 'diamond' engravings are my fixed beliefs, written on the table of my heart and on the horns of my altars. When I accept these engravings as truth, I awaken to the memory of old worship and the greens of hills that feed attachment, and so I justify my present conditions—lack, danger, exile. But the kingdom is within. The mountain in the field is the I AM within me, the power that fashions substance by my word. To alter the outward, I must revise the inner. I choose a new heritage now, imagine it, and feel it as real. I tell the mountain within: Be still, you are no longer the ruler of my life; I now dwell in a new reality. The fire of anger is only a lingering habit of the past; by welcoming a higher loyalty, a wiser use of substance, I let it burn out.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume a new state now: I am the I AM within, restoring my heritage. Feel it real by breathing deeply three times and dwelling in the gratitude of what is already mine.