Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 32:31-33 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 32 in context

Scripture Focus

31For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

32Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

33And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

Jeremiah 32:31-33

Biblical Context

Jerusalem provoked God by turning away from instruction, despite being taught; they faced away and did not heed the inner call.

Neville's Inner Vision

To read Jeremiah 32:31-33 in the Neville idiom, see the city before you as your own mind under the I AM's gaze. The anger spoken is not punishment moved from above, but the inner friction when you forget who you are and turn away from the instruction of your own realizing awareness. The people in the text are states of consciousness: kings, princes, priests, prophets, and inhabitants—all patterns within you that have built a city by habit and then refused to look at it squarely. They have taught themselves, risen early and labored to live, yet they do not harken; they flee from the inner voice that teaches obedience. Your work is to reverse the movement: face the face of God within, accept the instruction as your own I AM, and let the mind realign with its covenant loyalty. When you accept that your present state can be revised by imagination and decision, the city is transformed by feeling-it-real and obedience becomes your ordinary rule.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and stand at the center of your mind's city; turn your face to the I AM within, and softly declare, 'I hear and I obey,' feeling the old resistance melt into certainty.