Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 31:1-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 31 in context

Scripture Focus

1At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

2Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

3The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

4Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

5Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.

6For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.

7For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

8Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.

9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

10Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

Jeremiah 31:1-10

Biblical Context

God declares He will be the God of all the families of Israel, gathering the scattered and restoring their life. The passage speaks of everlasting love and a hopeful return to Zion.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider that the words are not about a distant nation alone, but about the inner Israel within you. The Lord says, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people—this is the I AM establishing unity in your own heart. The wilderness grace, the everlasting love, and the drawing with lovingkindness point to a deliberate revision of your sense of self. Your mind, long scattered by fear and doubt, is invited to rest, to be rebuilt, to put on the tabrets of confident joy. The image of virgin Israel is the new birth of awareness—purified, adorned, alive to dance and sing in the inner chamber. When you imagine vines on the mountains, you are rehearsing abundance planted by your own awareness; you become the planter and the eater of your own peace. The watchman on Ephraim calling you to Zion is your inner vigilance choosing faith over fatigue. You are led by rivers of water—clear thought that you walk without stumbling—because you are fathered by the I AM, Ephraim included as your first truthful awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the state of inner restoration now—feel, 'I am the God of all the families of Israel' within me; see yourself gathered, walking along rivers of water toward Zion, and dwell in that completed sense for several minutes until it feels real.