Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 23:38 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 23 in context

Scripture Focus

38But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;

Jeremiah 23:38

Biblical Context

Plain summary: The text rebukes the phrase 'the burden of the LORD' and commands that people not speak that way anymore. It frames God as sending a message that should be understood as guidance, not a burden.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the verse as a lesson in inner speech and inner state. The 'burden of the LORD' is not a weight imposed from above; it is a belief you have accepted in your own consciousness. The God here is the I AM within you—the awareness that creates everything you experience. When you say 'the burden of the LORD,' you imply a separation between you and your inner authority, and you invite resistance to your own fulfillment. The true message of prophecy, in Neville's sense, is to replace limitation with a new assumption: that the I AM within guides you, free of burden, toward your desired end. Obedience is obedience to your inner state, not to external pronouncements. If you want transformation, you do not plead for relief; you revise the assumption you live by, feel it real, and let your imagination do the work. Your outer world will adjust as your inner conviction holds. The verse is a gentle invitation to dwell in the truth that you are the imagining mind, and the burden falls away when you stop naming it so and begin living from the assured end.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In the next moment, close your eyes, take a slow breath, and declare: I am the I AM; there is no burden in the LORD within me. Now revise any current thought of burden to 'the I AM within me guides my steps,' and feel it real.