Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 29:4-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

4Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;

5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

6Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

7And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

8For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

9For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.

10For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

14And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

Jeremiah 29:4-14

Biblical Context

God tells the exiles to settle in Babylon—build homes, plant gardens, marry and grow the people—while seeking the city’s peace. He promises a return after a set time and a future filled with peace.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the reader, the captives are states of consciousness swept into limitation by fear. Babylon is the habitual belief that life is apart from the One Life. God’s instruction is not to abandon life, but to inhabit it with awareness: build houses of your present consciousness, plant gardens of daily discipline, eat from them, multiply the life you are now. When you seek the peace of the city you are in, you are asking your own mind to align with the underlying order of your I AM; and in that alignment you will hear the quiet prayer that moves mountains of doubt. Do not give ear to dreams and prophecies that arise from fear; your true word comes from within, the thought of peace I think toward you. The seventy years loom only as a timer for inner transformation, not fate. Call upon Me with all your heart; you will find Me, and I will turn away your captivity, gathering you back to your true home in God.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, assume you are already living your return. Feel the peace and silently repeat, 'I am found by God; I am at home in I AM,' until it is vividly real.