Jeremiah's Inner City Vision
Jeremiah 38:3 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Jeremiah 38 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jeremiah 38:3 prophesies that the city will fall to Babylon, symbolizing an outer event that mirrors the inner state.
Neville's Inner Vision
That which you call Jerusalem is not a place upon a map but a state of consciousness you carry within. When the verse says the city shall be given into the hand of Babylon, it points to the moment when attention, fear, and habitual worry claim dominance in your inner life. The 'king of Babylon' is the ruling thought—the dominant story you have accepted as true. Yet you, as I AM, are not at the mercy of any army; you are the awareness that commands every movement. To reinterpret the verse is to affirm: I am the city; I decide which army rules here. If I feel lack, failure, or danger, I have invited that army by an assumption; but I can revise it by assuming the opposite: I am secure, I am supported, I am the power that causes light to rise where it longed to fall. In Neville's method, the outer world must align with the inner confession. So dwell in the feeling of the desired end now, and let the imaginary scene of abundance, health, or reconciliation fill the mind until it feels inevitable. The city is saved by your recognition of I AM.
Practice This Now
Sit quietly, visualize the city as a thriving inner life, and declare in present tense: I AM free, secure, and guided. Revise any fear by returning to the feeling of the wished-for state until it feels real.
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