Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 43:12-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 43 in context

Scripture Focus

12And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

13He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.

Jeremiah 43:12-13

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 43:12-13 speaks of God kindling a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, burning them, and carrying away captives, followed by a peaceful departure; it also mentions breaking the images of Bethshemesh and burning the houses of the Egyptian gods.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the theatre of your mind, the gods of Egypt are not distant idols but fixed beliefs and images. When the I AM kindles a fire in those houses, you are not waging war on a nation but dissolving mental attachments. The line, I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, declares a cleansing flame touching every cherished external image, and the ego will depart, as a shepherd clothes himself in the garment of a former land, into a state of quiet certainty and peace. The departure in peace signals that true identity is not bound to outward symbols. The breaking of the images of Beth-shemesh represents the shattering of sunlit symbols you mistake for reality; once you realize these are thoughts, the images burn away on the altar of awareness. Your true self remains the witness—the I AM—while the old images burn, and you stand in peaceful realization, free from the idols you once worshipped.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already free from a limiting belief and revise it by declaring, 'I AM the I AM, not these images,' then feel the release as if you are stepping away from ancient idols into lasting peace.