Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 38:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 38 in context

Scripture Focus

1Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

2Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

3Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.

4Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

Jeremiah 38:1-4

Biblical Context

Jeremiah declares that those who remain in the city will die, while those who go to the Chaldeans will live; the city will fall into Babylon's hand. The princes plot to kill Jeremiah, accusing him of weakening the people.

Neville's Inner Vision

Take Jeremiah's scene as a drama of your own consciousness. The city is your present state; the sword, famine, and pestilence are the inner disintegration that comes when fear clings to an old identity. To stay is to resist the truth your I AM is revealing; to go forth to the Chaldeans is to yield to a higher order that absorbs the old self and preserves life in a renewed form. Babylon stands for a transformative power of imagination acting on belief; the army will take the city only as your mind surrenders its false keep. The princes who want Jeremiah dead mirror the ego's resistance to truth, while Jeremiah's voice — Thus saith the LORD — is the I AM within you speaking through your dreams. When you hear it, revise the assumption: welfare is not found by clinging to the known but by stepping into the unknown with faith that you are already safe. Your inner drama invites you to choose life by shifting belief and affirming the new self.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare: I go forth from this city of limitation into the land of my fulfilled state, and I live by the new belief. Feel the relief as the old fears dissolve.