Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 4:5-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 4 in context

Scripture Focus

5Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

6Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

7The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

8For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Jeremiah 4:5-8

Biblical Context

Judah is urged to declare the alarm, gather, and take refuge in fortified cities as danger comes. The text warns of the coming destruction and the need to repent in sackcloth and lament.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice the moment you read, you are not reading about a city alone, but about your own state of consciousness. Judah is the I AM within you; Jerusalem is the center of awareness you choose to protect. The trumpet and the call to assemble are your decision to awaken, to gather the faculties and align with Zion, the still point inside. When the text says I will bring evil from the north and a great destruction, reinterpret it as the loosening and release of old, false patterns—thoughts that have claimed your land. The lion coming up from his thicket is the swift power of truth breaking the private myths you have clung to; the land laid waste and the cities deserted are the places in you where identity with lack has reigned. Gird yourself with sackcloth, lament, and howl, not as punishment but as a humility that invites a fresh image. For the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from you until you revise your sense of self out of exile. Begin now, assume a new state, and dwell there until it feels real.

Practice This Now

Imaginative practice: Assume the state of being inside Zion now—feel defended, intact, and in communion with I AM. As you breathe, revise any fear by declaring 'I am the LORD of my inner land,' and dwell in that feeling until it saturates your senses.