Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 27:9-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 27 in context

Scripture Focus

9Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

10For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

11But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

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 27:9-17

Biblical Context

The passage warns you not to listen to false prophets who promise you won't serve Babylon. It says to yield to the king's yoke to live and remain in your land.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, Babylon is a state of fear and opinion that would drive you from the inner land of awareness. The prophets speaking 'ye shall not serve' are your own restless thoughts—dreamers, diviners, enchanters—eager to pull you away from the present I AM. God says, 'I have not sent them'; their messages are lies designed to drive you into exile. If you believe them, you perish; if you resist, you may die to your true home. The remedy is to 'serve the king of Babylon'—to bow to the inner, unchanging authority of your I AM. Those who place their neck under that yoke remain in their land and till it; they do not abandon their field for fantasies. The inner obedience is not submission to an external ruler but allegiance to the inner state that knows it already possesses all it seeks. The LORD's warning becomes a law of your consciousness: what you call truth becomes your reality. Your imagination is the instrument that can turn exile to home. So, choose the inner king now, and the outward changes will reflect your chosen state.

Practice This Now

Assume the state of being in your own land by quietly declaring, 'I am the I AM, I reign in my land now.' Then visualize yourself tending the land as if it were already yours.