Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 38:8-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 38 in context

Scripture Focus

8Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,

9My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

10Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

Jeremiah 38:8-10

Biblical Context

Jeremiah is confined in a dungeon, facing starvation, while Ebedmelech pleads with the king. The inner message is that mercy activated by courageous intercession can deliver the imprisoned truth within us.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah's dungeon is your mind bound by fear, doubt, and the belief that bread and breath are scarce. Ebedmelech's move from the king's house is the rising inner mercy that confronts the belief and petitions the I AM on behalf of your true self. The king represents the I AM within you; his command to lift Jeremiah is the decisive inner decree that shifts the state. The thirty men symbolize the gathered inner resources—persistent thoughts, steadfast feelings, ready habits—that carry the truth to freedom. When that merciful impulse takes action, the imprisoned prophet is drawn up and sustained by the air again. The event shows that deliverance comes through a change of consciousness, not through external luck. By aligning with the inner king and intercessor, you authorize your higher self to move you from lack to plenty, from confinement to liberty, from denial to fulfillment. You are the one who intercedes; you are the one who is rescued; you are the I AM calling Jeremiah back to life.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and declare, I AM the king who frees Jeremiah now. Visualize the dungeon dissolving as mercy touches the mind, and feel the prophet raised to light.