Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 28:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 28 in context

Scripture Focus

1And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

2Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

3Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:

4And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 28:1-4

Biblical Context

Hananiah proclaims that God will break Babylon's yoke and restore the temple vessels and captives within two years, spoken in the house of the LORD before priests and people. This scene unfolds within the temple, in the presence of the people.

Neville's Inner Vision

What you read in Jeremiah 28:1-4 is not a political forecast but a declaration of inner possibility. The yoke of Babylon is the mind's habit of bondage; the king of Babylon is the ruling idea you have accepted as real. Hananiah’s oracle, spoken in the house of the LORD, is your inner voice announcing a shift in consciousness—that the two full years are a revision of your mental schedule, not a clock. The God of hosts is the I AM within you, and the vessels restored are the faculties—will, memory, perception—ordered back to their rightful temple. The promise to bring Jeconiah and the captives home is the renewal of your true self returning to the center, free from fear and limitation. The outer drama mirrors an inward decree already in motion. Your work is to align with that decree in present tense: assume it, revise it, and feel it real now. When you inhabit this inner vision, the external exile becomes a distant echo as your inner state becomes the sovereign reality.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled now: I am free; the yoke is broken in my mind. Then revise any sense of limitation by declaring, 'The vessels and captives are restored in my life today,' and let that inner sense radiate outward.