Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 23:33-34 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 23 in context

Scripture Focus

33And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.

34And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.

Jeremiah 23:33-34

Biblical Context

The passage warns against using the phrase 'the burden of the LORD' to control others, and says the LORD will forsake or punish those who speak it.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the inner vantage, the burden in Jeremiah is not a stone laid on the world by God, but a habit of mind: a belief that divine weight rests on people because of what others claim. When it asks, 'What is the burden of the LORD?' the reply 'What burden?' undoes the external claim and restores your sovereignty as awareness. The true meaning is that God is not a distant hammer, but the I AM within you; to claim the burden is to project fear as prophecy. If you speak of a destined punishment on another, you are only punishing your own house with your own assumption. The remedy is conscious identification with the I AM, choosing a state of freedom rather than doom. Let every thought that says burden dissolve into light, and let your life be governed by the truth that you are always here and now, the response of the I AM. By revising your inner state, you revoke the punitive script and invite grace into your world.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, revise by declaring, 'I am the I AM; there is no burden on me from any divine source.' Feel it real as you breathe, releasing the old sense of doom and inhabiting a lighter inner state.