Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 38:2-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 38 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

5Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

Jeremiah 38:2-6

Biblical Context

Jeremiah is told that those who stay in the city will die, while those who go forth to the Chaldeans will live. The princes plot against him, and he is cast into a mire-filled dungeon.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the city as your current state of consciousness—the belief that you must endure what is around you. The line 'he that remaineth... shall die' becomes a call to abandon stasis and move toward the inner 'Chaldeans'—the thriving forces of your I AM, the imaginal faculty that can turn any sentence of doom into a door of life. The princes are the inner objections whispering you should stay, but the king in you cannot be defeated by a story. To be cast into the mire is to feel trapped by fear and old habit; yet in this inner drama, the mire is simply an impression in consciousness that can be dissolved by a stronger assumption. So I tell you: suppose the end is already true. I go forth to the Chaldeans and live; I am walking free within the city's walls because I have chosen life as my inner reality. When you feel that conviction, your outer events begin to harmonize with it, and the life you seek becomes the life you live.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare I go forth to the Chaldeans and live; feel it as if it is already true, then picture stepping out from the mire and walking into light. Repeat daily until the feeling of real arrival lodges in your chest.