Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 45:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 45 in context

Scripture Focus

3Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

4Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

Jeremiah 45:3-4

Biblical Context

The speaker laments heavy grief, feeling there is no rest. God declares He will undo what has been built and uproot what has been planted in the land.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Jeremiah 45:3-4, the outer tragedy is but a mirror of inward state. The “land” is your field of awareness; what you have built are your habitual self-images, and what you have planted are your feelings about the world and your future. The Lord’s pronouncement that He will break down the built and pluck up the planted invites a shift of consciousness: when you awaken, you do not fix the old structure with force, you revise the premise by which you live. The sense of sorrow is the mind clinging to a limited story; the invitation is to let that story fall away so a purer soil can receive a new seed. In this sense, judgment becomes purification, not punishment, and exile becomes a turn inward to replant with a vision aligned with the I AM—the awareness that you are the builder, planter, and restorer of your world.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, I AM the Lord of my consciousness; I will unbuild what no longer serves me and replant with rest. Then imagine the old walls dissolving and a fresh seed of peace taking root in your inner landscape, feeling it as real now.