Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 41:9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 41 in context

Scripture Focus

9Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.

Jeremiah 41:9

Biblical Context

The passage shows a fear-made pit being used to hold the dead, illustrating how a tool born of fear can carry the consequences of past violence.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this text the pit stands not as a literal cistern but as a state of consciousness born from fear. Asa, the king, made the pit in fear of Baasha, and Ishmael fills it with the slain—an inner energy turning old acts into a tomb of memory. In Neville's terms, you are the I AM looking through the scene: you are not bound to the pit, you are the observer who can revise it. By assuming a higher state, you do not deny history; you redefine it. Imagine the pit emptied of its dead and its fear; imagine the slain transmuted into life through forgiveness and understanding. The instrument of terror becomes a tool of awakening when you realize that all events live only in your awareness, and you hold the power to reinterpret them. Judgment and accountability shift from punishment outward to inner revision. By living in the I AM, you repurpose the pit as a seedbed for righteousness and justice, a space where fear dissolves into clarity. The inner landscape is yours to command, and your present assumption determines what this pit becomes.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine the pit within you; then revise by seeing it emptied of fear and filled with living light. State, I AM the power that creates this scene anew, and I choose a new meaning for this space in this moment.