Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 29:21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 29 in context

Scripture Focus

21Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

Jeremiah 29:21

Biblical Context

The LORD exposes false prophets who prophesy lie in His name and warns they will be delivered to Nebuchadrezzar to be slain, illustrating the consequences of deceitful inner speech.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your mind, the figures Ahab and Zedekiah stand not as historical characters but as stubborn beliefs and fearful whispers that pretend to speak for God. The verse exposes the inner lie: a thought dressed in spiritual language that you accept as true because it 'speaks for God.' Nebuchadrezzar’s deliverance is the symbolic discipline that exposes the lie by placing it under the light of your present awareness, where it can be slain. When you cease feeding that voice with bought certainty, you allow your I AM to awaken as the sole authority in you. The inner judge—your God-consciousness—renders judgment not as punishment but as revealing truth. The "execution" of the lie is the clearing of your inner room, making space for the real you to inhabit. What remains is the quiet certainty that you are the I AM in action, and the false prophecies fall away as you watch with compassionate detachment. This is exile from error and return to your true self.

Practice This Now

Sit in quiet, identify the inner voice masquerading as truth; make the assumption, 'I AM the God in me; this thought is a lie,' and feel it dissolving as the I AM takes its rightful place.