Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 29:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 29 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;

2(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)

3By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,

Jeremiah 29:1-3

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 29:1-3 records a letter sent by Jeremiah to the exiles in Babylon, naming elders, priests, prophets, and all the people who were carried away. It notes the departure of certain leaders and who delivered the letter.

Neville's Inner Vision

To hear Jeremiah 29:1-3 as scripture is to hear the I AM addressing a fraction of your own mind that feels exiled by circumstance. In Neville’s manner, the exile is not a distant land but a state of consciousness you have temporarily accepted. The ‘Jeremiah’ behind the letter is the timeless I AM speaking through the inner messengers (Elasah and Gemariah) who carry your thoughts to the king Nebuchadnezzar of fear and limitation. The elders, priests, and prophets in the verse are your inner faculties—awareness, discursive mind, and spiritual longing—being gathered to listen for instruction. The outward deportation mirrors a moment when your attention is drawn away from its source, yet the letter arrives to remind you that you are still addressed by the sovereign within. Your return is not a place to visit but a state to inhabit; it is the conscious decision to dwell in the truth that you are not the bondage but the witness to it. By accepting the inner word as true now, you begin the shift that precedes outward change.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine a letter from your inner Jeremiah arriving with your name on it; read it aloud as the I AM. Then revise the scene by declaring, 'From this moment I am at home in my inner Jerusalem, and I bring welfare to all I touch,' feeling it as real.