Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 42:10-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 42 in context

Scripture Focus

10If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

11Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

12And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

Jeremiah 42:10-12

Biblical Context

God promises that if the people stay in the land, He will build and plant them, not pull them down. He urges them not to fear Babylon, for He is with them to save and deliver, showing mercy and a return to their land.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the temple of your I AM, the land Jeremiah invites you to dwell in is your present state of consciousness. The outer king and the fear of Babylon are only appearances to be transmuted by the inner conviction that God is with you now. When you stand in that awareness, God’s promise to build and plant becomes your experience: you are established in a stable, fruitful mind, and nothing can uproot you except your own doubt. The line about God repenting for the evil you have endured is the recognition that past misperceptions and pains are undone by the shift of attention, a revision performed by your consent to think anew. Do not fear the external authorities; instead, dwell in the certainty that the I AM preserves and delivers. Mercy flows to you as you continue to affirm that you are already home in the inner land, and the return to your true land becomes your next sensed perception. The conditional promise becomes a universal present tense in your consciousness.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already planted in your land of peace. Feel the I AM as a warm presence around you and say, I am with you to save, until fear dissolves and mercy floods your awareness.