Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 37:1-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 37 in context

Scripture Focus

1And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

2But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

3And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.

4Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

5Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

6Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

7Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

8And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

9Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.

10For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

11And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

12Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

13And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

14Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

15Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

16When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

17Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

18Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

19Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

20Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

21Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Jeremiah 37:1-21

Biblical Context

Zedekiah sits on the throne as Jeremiah speaks God's word, but neither king nor people heed it. Jeremiah faces opposition, prison, and the looming fall of Jerusalem, while the promise of deliverance remains spoken by the prophet.

Neville's Inner Vision

See Zedekiah as the throne of your present awareness that has not yet yielded to the word of the Lord within. The city besieged by fear is the mind surrounded by doubts; Jeremiah is your inner messenger who speaks for the I AM that stands beyond the storm. When the people refuse to listen, notice how resistance tightens: the moment you refuse a truth, you lock Jeremiah in a dungeon of belief. Yet the Word comes and goes, and even in confinement the true self asks, 'Is there any word from the LORD?' The reply is never thrown away; it is stored in the heart, awaiting your moment of deliberate assumption. The king's desire to escape through political appeasements mirrors the mind seeking external aid rather than turning inward. The deliverance foretold—Babylon's hand—becomes your own shift in consciousness when you revise the sense of threat. In this reading, the outer siege mirrors the inner siege of doubt, and the relief is not in events but in alignment with the divine order of your I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In a quiet moment, assume the stance 'There is a word from the LORD within me now; I am already delivered by the divine order.' Feel the acceptance, see the inner doorway open, and imagine the siege dissolving as your I AM confirms it.