Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 25:1-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 25 in context

Scripture Focus

1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

2The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,

3From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

4And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

5They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:

6And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

7Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

Jeremiah 25:1-7

Biblical Context

Jeremiah records that God spoke to Judah for many years urging repentance, yet the people refused to listen and clung to evil ways and idols. The message invites turning back to the Lord and to obedience as the true land of their being.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Jeremiah's words you glimpse your own inner weather. The outer kings and empires symbolize the state you inhabit when your attention is absorbed by appearances rather than the I AM that remains unmoved. The Lord's word spoken through many prophets is the constant whisper of your higher self urging you to turn from the 'evils' of belief and habit—your personal idolatries—toward the land the Lord has given your forefathers, a land of constancy and awareness. When you 'hearken not' you do not reject a judgment from without, you reject your own capacity to hear; you reinforce a sense of separation. The remedy is not ritual but a return to the awareness that God is within: you choose to dwell in the land by the act of assuming a new state of consciousness. In practice, you revise your past heaviness by declaring, I am free, I am governed by the I AM, and I dwell in the promised land of peace, now. The Lord’s anger is avoided not by external obedience but by inward fidelity to awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume the state: I AM in command, I dwell in the land of peace now. Feel the relief and inner alignment as if it already happened.