Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 21:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 21 in context

Scripture Focus

6And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

7And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

Jeremiah 21:6-7

Biblical Context

God declares a great pestilence will strike the city, and afterward the remaining people will be delivered into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar and their enemies.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this Jeremiah passage, the city stands as your current state of mind—where fear, judgment, and lack contend with courage. The pestilence is not punishment inflicted from outside, but the inner belief that life is under siege. When God says 'afterward,' it points to a spiritual mechanism: by refusing to identify with the pestilence and by assuming the I AM as the ruler of your inner life, you invite the very change you seek. The enemies and the sword are the recognizable outer conditions that have shown you your need to turn inward; through inner recognition they become ministers for your awakening. Exile and return show mental movement: you may experience upheaval in form, yet you return to your true self when you rest in the conviction that the I AM governs all. In Neville terms, the entire drama is a call to imagination as the instrument of deliverance. By persistently inhabiting the kingly state of the I AM—feeling it real, assuming it now—you align with the true order and permit the outward events to reflect that inner sovereignty.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the I AM as ruler of your inner city. Feel the pestilence yield and dwell in the sense that you are already delivered, regardless of appearances.