Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 19:10-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 19 in context

Scripture Focus

10Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

11And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

12Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:

13And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

14Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said to all the people,

15Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

Jeremiah 19:10-15

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 19:10-15 shows a prophet smashing a bottle and warning Jerusalem that idol worship will bring judgment. The city and its houses will be defiled because of false worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah's act of breaking a bottle before witnesses is a doorway into your inner life. The city and its houses are your states of consciousness; Tophet is the burning of old loves that pretend to satisfy you. When you cling to outward rites and idols, energy is scattered and the inner city grows barren. The line, I will break this city, is the I AM dissolving stale self-concepts that cannot be healed by ritual. Your true worship is the alignment of every thought, feeling, and action with the I AM-present. If you cling to external rites, you invite judgment; if you listen and revise, the inner city can be restored as a living temple. Jeremiah’s departure from Tophet and return to the LORD's court symbolizes returning to the seat of consciousness, where you declare the I AM as the ground of being within. Your neck that would not hear becomes the open willingness to hear the inner voice; choose to listen now, and the city can be remade in harmony.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In a quiet moment, close your eyes, step into your inner court, pick up the symbolic bottle, and declare: I am the I AM; I dissolve what no longer serves me. Then revise a current situation by imagining it already healed and feel the expanded sense of inner harmony.