Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 36:14-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 36 in context

Scripture Focus

14Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.

15And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

16Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

17And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

18Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

19Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.

Jeremiah 36:14-19

Biblical Context

Baruch carries Jeremiah's roll to the princes; after hearing it, they fear the words and plot to report to the king, then command Baruch and Jeremiah to hide.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah 36:14-19 reads as an inner drama. The roll Baruch carries becomes a mirror in consciousness: once the words are heard, fear arises because a truth within is being read. The inked lines are a symbol of beliefs given form by speech and mental assent; when imagination gives a thought a voice, it enters the book of life as fact. The princes' instruction to hide marks the instinct to conceal new awareness from the outer world, yet the deepest movement happens in the quiet chambers of awareness where you revise your state. If you own the truth as a present inner condition, you shift the field of possibility and your surroundings respond. Your I AM, that unchanging awareness, is the scribe; you merely revise the script with faith and feeling until the page reflects the new reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the state you desire as if you are Baruch rewriting the inner roll; then feel the truth of it by resting in the I AM and letting the sensation of already having it saturate you.