Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 38:8-13 - 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.

11So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

12And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

13So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Jeremiah 38:8-13

Biblical Context

Jeremiah is cast into a dungeon of deprivation, and Ebedmelech—an inner ally—persuades the king to rescue him; deliverance comes through practical, compassionate action within the mind.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, Jeremiah is the imprisoned idea, the I AM having been forgotten in a dungeon of fear and scarcity. Ebedmelech is the impulse of your awareness that volunteers to act on behalf of life; the king’s command is the moment your consciousness yields to possibility. The dungeon is not a place but a belief—the breadline of lack. The old cast clouts and rotten rags are the stale memories and arguments you still lend to the narrative of impossibility. When you consent to their use, you provide the scaffolding by which your inner rescue can occur. The cords are the lines of attention and faith by which you lift the burden; and Jeremiah is brought to the court—the ready, re-ordered state of mind where action and life are no longer confined. Neville’s teaching asks you to feel now that the relief, the restoration, is already yours in awareness, and you are simply stepping into it. The question of deliverance vanishes when you recognize you are the I AM, and the I AM is always rescuing you.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I am free now.' Imagine a rope lowering worn cloths into your mind and feel the release as you rise into a brighter awareness.