Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 19:6-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 19 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

7And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

8And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

9And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

Jeremiah 19:6-9

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 19:6-9 describes a city under siege and a renaming of what it means, from Tophet to the valley of slaughter. God declares the old counsels dissolved, the city desolate, and a stark image of famine and ruin; yet this outer picture mirrors an inner transformation that can birth a new life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your consciousness, the outer picture of a city under siege is a mirror of your inner state. When Jeremiah says the place will no longer be called Tophet but the valley of slaughter, notice the renaming of your inner atmosphere. The Lord voids the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, meaning your stale plans and fears that have ruled you are dissolved by the light of awareness. They fall by the sword of attention, and their carcasses feed nothing in you. The desolation and hissings you perceive are the inner emptiness clearing the ground for a new life. The grim image of eating flesh is the alchemy by which old identities consume themselves; you can transform this by choosing a fresh mental quality. You can revoke the siege by naming your inner landscape differently. You are the I AM; through imagination you birth a freer self and dissolve the old kingdom of fear.

Practice This Now

Assume the new inner name for your mind (e.g., 'Valley of Release') and feel the peace it implies; revise the old fearful thoughts by affirming, 'I am the I AM, I decide,' and dwell in that feel-it-real state for a few minutes.