Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 27:12-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 27 in context

Scripture Focus

12I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

13Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

14Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

15For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

16Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

17Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?

Jeremiah 27:12-17

Biblical Context

Jeremiah warns Zedekiah and Judah to submit to Babylon or suffer sword, famine, and pestilence, and to ignore prophets who claim they won’t be subjugated, for they lie and mislead the people.

Neville's Inner Vision

What Jeremiah discloses is a map of consciousness. The ‘king of Babylon’ represents the dominant belief system shaping your outer world. The so-called prophets who claim you need not serve this king are voices of fear masquerading as prophecy; they aim to drive you from your ground. The true message, in Neville’s sense, is to acknowledge the outer scene as the image your inner state has produced and to respond not with resistance but with alignment to the inner law. To ‘serve and live’ is to consent to the present condition as the living expression of I AM in action, not to battle it with negative thoughts. When you refuse the Lie and accept the inner governance of your awareness, your inner temple—your powers, possibilities, and values—are restored, and the city of your life remains vibrant rather than wasted by fear. Reality shifts as you stand in the truth that you are, here and now, the I AM who can be trusted in all things.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already under the yoke of your present condition and feel the vitality of life flowing through it; then revise by affirming, I am under the I AM’s governance now, and all circumstances bend to my inner truth.