Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 2:17-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 2 in context

Scripture Focus

17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

18And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?

Jeremiah 2:17-18

Biblical Context

The passage shows the people have brought trouble on themselves by forsaking the LORD and seeking stability in Egypt or Assyria. They drink external waters rather than the living source within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider this verse as an inner audit: have you, in your fear or zeal, forsaken the LORD thy God—the I AM you really are—and turned to the safety of Egypt’s schemes or Assyria’s iron? To drink the waters of Sihor or the river is to drink from substitutes, not from the living source within. The people’s choice to align with worldly powers is a confession of inner drought, a choice to forget that your true strength comes from consciousness, not from politics. In Neville’s terms, this is a lesson in revision: awaken to the awareness that you are the I AM and that all “events” are but projects of your own mind. Do not resist outward action; instead, reinterpret it as a movement of inner preference toward God. Imagination becomes your faucet: once you realize you are imagining your security, you pull the plug on the external waters and drink from the everlasting stream within. The way you walk then matches the divine led path, and what seemed like a political alliance dissolves into quiet trust.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the feeling of being led by the LORD in every moment; revise any dependence on external powers by saying, 'I am the I AM, and my security is within.' Then, in imagination, drink from the living water within and feel the sense of sufficiency flood your consciousness.