Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 22:13-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 22 in context

Scripture Focus

13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

14That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 22:13-16

Biblical Context

The verses condemn leaders who build wealth by injustice and deny fair wages; true leadership is measured by justice for the poor, not outward luxury.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah 22:13-16 speaks to the inner ruler you are. The man who builds a house by unrighteousness and a life by wrong becomes a verse of his own dream: outer splendor without inner justice. In the Neville mode, I see that wealth is not currency alone but the state of consciousness I inhabit toward the neighbor who serves me. If I cloister myself in cedar while denying wages to another, I am not knowing the Lord; I am living in a counterfeit throne. The climactic question Shalt thou reign because thou closeth thyself in cedar? is really an invitation to revise: reign only as you know and act upon justice. When I judge the cause of the poor and needy in my own awareness, I am aligned with the I AM and the experience of well-being follows. The true knowledge of God is inner relationship doing justice, loving mercy, walking humbly with my awareness. Thus the measure of my reign is the integrity of my inner acts, not the size of my chambers.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and assume the posture of fair exchange—pay the neighbor’s due in your mind and feel the relief of justice circulating through your entire being; silently affirm, I am the LORD; I know right relation, and I govern from inner justice.