Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 34:2-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 34 in context

Scripture Focus

2Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:

3And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

4Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:

5But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.

6Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,

7When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.

Jeremiah 34:2-7

Biblical Context

Jeremiah declares that Jerusalem will fall to Babylon, Zedekiah will be captured and taken to Babylon, and the king will die in peace rather than by the sword. The passage sets a scene of judgment and exile over the city.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the city and the king are not distant facts but inner states of consciousness. The Babylonian siege represents fear-based identity asserting itself, the belief that you are powerless and your life could burn away. Yet the decree that you shall not die by the sword reveals a deeper transformation: a shift in inner posture where conflict ceases to define you and peace becomes your native air. Babylon’s gaze and the call to go to Babylon symbolize the moment you acknowledge that your old self is being opened to a higher authority—your I AM—so it may be dissolved and reconstituted. The word of the LORD invites you to revise the scene within, not resist it with force but align with a new state. If you inhabit the I AM, the ruler of this inner city, you will discover that even the fiercest siege recedes as you imagine the future from a state of peace. In this way, external events reflect your internal alignment.

Practice This Now

In a quiet moment, declare 'I AM the ruler of this inner city,' breathe deeply, and imagine the siege dissolving into incense and light; feel the state of peace as your present reality.