Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 23:35-36 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 23 in context

Scripture Focus

35Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

36And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.

Jeremiah 23:35-36

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 23:35–36 cautions people to stop treating prophecy as something spoken from outside and carried as a burden. It shows that what you say reveals your inner state and that misusing God's words creates your burden.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the LORD is the I AM within you, not an external oracle. The question What hath the LORD answered is the inward question of your own consciousness. The burden comes when you speak from fear or lack, turning true guidance into a weight you carry. Your neighbor represents the other aspects of your mind; by addressing them with projections you perpetuate the burden and pervert the living word. The true prophecy is your present state of awareness: God speaks in the quiet certainty of I AM. Every word you utter seeds your future; if you insist on external answers, you deny the inner voice. By choosing to revise your conversation to reflect the truth you desire as already present, you release the burden and align with the living Word. When you feel and act from that inner decree, the world rearranges to mirror your inner truth.

Practice This Now

Practice tonight: sit quietly, choose one burdensome thought, and revise it with the assumption that I am the I AM; the LORD has already answered within me. Feel that truth as real and let your words reflect it.