Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 44:21-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 44 in context

Scripture Focus

21The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind?

22So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

23Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.

Jeremiah 44:21-23

Biblical Context

The passage warns that outward incense and ritual, when not yoked to obedience to the LORD, lead to desolation in the land. It shows the inner law—the I AM—withdraws when genuine allegiance is broken.

Neville's Inner Vision

Let Jeremiah's words be read as a map of the inner states you live by. The incense burned in the cities is a symbol for outward worships—habits, rituals, affirmations, or beliefs you perform while your heart remains unread in the book of the inner law. The LORD's memory is your own I AM awareness; when you persist in what you call devotion but ignore the still, small voice that guides you, the inner land becomes desolate--no inhabitants of true self, only echoes of old fear and pride. The people's sin is not merely wrong action but misalignment: they did not obey the voice of the LORD, nor walk in his law or testimonies. In Neville's terms, you withdraw your attention from the living law within and hand your power to images—inscriptions on the page of habit, judgments of others, the chase for incense-like approval. Yet your true kingdom remains ready to be inhabited by your faithful acknowledgment. When you revise your inner state to agree with the I AM, and you feel it real, you awaken a living city within where obedience is joyful, and vitality replaces desolation.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the state of inner obedience; revise past idolatries by declaring, 'I am aligned with the I AM.' Feel the certainty of alignment as if the inner land is already inhabited.