Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 36:23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 36 in context

Scripture Focus

23And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

Jeremiah 36:23

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 36:23 depicts Jehudi cutting and burning the scroll, a symbolic rejection of the message inscribed there. In Neville's view, the real drama occurs within the mind: you discard an old belief and invite a new inner decree.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah 36:23 reads the scene where Jehudi cuts a few leaves and casts the roll into the fire, a dramatic display of defiance. In Neville Goddard’s psychology, the parchment is your state of consciousness, and the fire is the force of fear that would consume a belief that no longer serves your I AM. The act is not destruction of truth, but the opportunity to choose what script governs you next. When you identify with the reader inside—the I AM choosing which decree to keep—you realize you have the power to burn away a stale story and keep or replace the living one. The scroll represents a habit of thought, an old promise you have accepted. The moment you feel the impulse to scorch it, you are invited to step into revision: give yourself a new decree and feel it as true now, not in some distant future. Persist in this imagining, and your world will mirror the inner change. Remember: the inner reader decides; the outer events follow.

Practice This Now

Assume the revised decree now: say 'I AM, and this old story is consumed; the new decree is real in my life.' Feel it fully until it is your immediate experience.