Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 4:23-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 4 in context

Scripture Focus

23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

26I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.

27For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

Jeremiah 4:23-27

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 4:23-27 portrays the land laid bare—formless earth, dark skies, deserted cities—as a result of the Lord's fierce anger, yet promising not to utterly end.

Neville's Inner Vision

Desolation here is not punishment coming from outside; it is the state of consciousness when I have identified with lack and separation. When I stand in the I AM—the awareness that I AM—the barren earth becomes a cleared page, and the heavens regain their light as my attention returns to the Source. The trembling mountains and moving hills symbolize beliefs that shake when I revise them with a new assumption. No man, no birds—these are the roles I have projected onto my world; as I refuse them, they disappear, revealing an uninhabited space awaiting a new image. The wilderness of the fruitful place is the quiet field of possibility where I plant a fresh sentience. The LORD's presence is my own awareness: it dismantles the old cities of fear and anger, yet promises that desolation does not decree a full end—only transformation. Therefore I practice a simple discipline: assume I am the I AM, feel the wholeness even now, and revise the scene until light returns.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In a quiet moment, close your eyes, breathe, and declare I AM as the all-pervading presence. Revise the scene: the desolate land becomes alive with light; feel that light as real for a minute, then carry the sensation into your day.