Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 19:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 19 in context

Scripture Focus

1Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;

2And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

3And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

4Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

5They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:

6Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.

Jeremiah 19:1-6

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 19:1-6 shows the prophet told to fetch a potter’s bottle, go to the valley of Hinnom, and declare judgment on those who forsake the Lord and worship Baal. The passage forecasts that the place will become a valley of slaughter.

Neville's Inner Vision

Thus speaks the I AM within: take a potter’s bottle—the container of your fixed beliefs—and go to the valley of the turning heart at the gate of attention. Your kings and inhabitants are your stubborn habits and priestly mind-sets. When you burn incense to false gods—cling to old patterns—you fill your inner space with the blood of innocents—the opportunities you sacrifice to fear, pride, or ritual. The high places of Baal are the repeated acts of devotion to images you never truly knew, not commanded by your true self. Yet the prophecy is not doom but a call to consciousness: this inner place will no longer be Tophet but a valley of slaughter, a clearing where old loyalties kill the life of awareness, unless you break the bottle and let the I AM reframe the scene. Break it now in imagination, release the idols, and feel the purified temple reawaken as true worship—awareness without substitute.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are the I AM. Picture breaking the potter’s bottle of old beliefs in your mind, releasing the idols you cling to, and affirming, 'This temple is now governed by consciousness.'