Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 48:14-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 48 in context

Scripture Focus

14How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

15Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

Jeremiah 48:14-16

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 48:14–16 presents a boasting people who declare strength for war, followed by swift coming calamity and fast-approaching affliction.

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold the scene as a symbol of the mind. Jeremiah's Moab is not a nation but a state of consciousness that trusts in its own fighting strength. The cry, 'We are mighty and strong for the war,' is your momentary belief that you can shoulder all battles by force of will. But the 'King, whose name is the LORD of hosts' is the inner ruler—the I AM within you—who calls to peace and alignment, not to bravado. When that inner king speaks, the calamity approaching Moab speaks of a correction your imagination has been inviting: a shift from dependence on outward power to recognition of inner I AM power. The affliction hastens because a new pattern is ready to be born in your consciousness. You are asked to see the relief not as a distant event, but as an inner reorientation. If you insist on your own strength, you reproduce the image; but if you consent to the truth that God within you defines what is possible, circumstances mirror that authority. Therefore, revise your stance: I am the strength of the LORD of hosts within me, and my seeing governs outcomes.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling: I am the strength of the LORD of hosts within me for a full minute, then observe one small circumstance in your day that confirms this inner power.