Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 41:11-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 41 in context

Scripture Focus

11But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

12Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

13Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad.

14So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.

15But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.

16Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:

17And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,

18Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.

Jeremiah 41:11-18

Biblical Context

Johanan and the captains pursue Ishmael to rescue the captives; the people return, Ishmael escapes, and the group departs toward Chimham near Bethlehem to escape the Chaldeans and seek safety.

Neville's Inner Vision

Look at Jeremiah 41:11-18 as a map of inner states. Johanan is the rising I AM, the awareness that chooses to confront a disruptive thought Ishmael that has scattered the inner camp. When the captains move to fight and the people turn back, that is attention organized around a coherent purpose. Gedaliah's death signals the old governance yielding to a more intimate, inner governor. The march toward Chimham near Bethlehem represents shifting your inner geographic center to a birthplace of stable perception. The fear of the Chaldeans is the belief that you are at risk; revise it by resting in the fact that your inner governor remains and deliverance is a present awareness, not a distant rescue. Perseverance and hope become the texture of your inner economy as disruption is absorbed and softened by Johanan's resolve. This scene invites you to assume leadership of your inner camp now and to recognize that true deliverance is already within, awaiting your ordinary assumption of it as real.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine you are Johanan inside you; revise the scene by declaring I am the inner governor and moving toward the safe inner harbor near Bethlehem; feel the relief as you settle.