Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 49:28-33 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 49 in context

Scripture Focus

28Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.

29Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.

30Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

31Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.

32And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.

33And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

Jeremiah 49:28-33

Biblical Context

The oracle speaks of invasion, scattering, and desolation for Kedar and Hazor, illustrating how external events symbolize inner upheavals. It invites you to see the mind's fears as inner realities to be transformed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the words as a map of your inner geography. Kedar and Hazor are not places but two states of consciousness you entertain. Nebuchadrezzar is the law of change moving through your mind, sweeping away attachments that have claimed to guard you. The tents, flocks, curtains, and camels are your beliefs, habits, and securities; when they are carried off, fear may cry out, but that cry is only the ego's fever breaking. The instruction to flee and dwell deep is a directive to retreat from external scaffolding and to settle your awareness in the I AM, the unshakable you. The 'wealthy nation' that dwells without care represents the mind puffed up by senses, a city without gates that cannot protect you from inner weather. Yet the scattering of them is not destruction but a clearing of illusion, so the soul may inhabit its true realm. Hazor's image as a dragons' dwelling disappears as you recognize you are the I AM, and the outer world is merely a reflection of your inner state.

Practice This Now

Assume you are the I AM sovereign of your inner realm; in vivid imagination, say, I am safe in the inner kingdom, and all outer threats dissolve. Feel that reality now, and revise any fear by declaring, I dwell in the realm without gates, secure and alive within.