Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 49:7-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 49 in context

Scripture Focus

7Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

8Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

9If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

10But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.

11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

12For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

13For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

14I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.

15For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

16Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

17Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

18As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.

19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

20Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

21The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.

22Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Jeremiah 49:7-22

Biblical Context

The LORD proclaims that Edom's wisdom has failed and pride will be humbled, with a coming desolation announced. It presents the inner ego as the target of judgment and a call to return to trust in God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah 49:7-22 speaks not of a distant nation, but of a state of consciousness called Edom—the stubborn ego that prides itself on its wisdom and clings to the clefts of the rock of self-sufficiency. Teman, Dedan, Bozrah are inner dispositions: Teman’s counsel, Dedan’s retreat, Bozrah’s fortress of certainty. When the Lord says they shall be desolate and their hearts like a woman in pangs, He is describing the inner collapse that follows the refusal to let the I AM rule. The phrase 'I have made Esau bare' means the hidden aspects of the ego are exposed to your awareness; you cannot hide from your own condition when the inner judge is listening. The cup of judgment is what your own thoughts drink when you identify with fear, pride, and separation. But the invitation is not punishment; it is opportunity: hear the LORD's counsel and choose a new inner geography. The lion of Jordan that comes against the habitation of the strong becomes your released power when you say, 'Who is like me? Who will appoint my inner time?' In truth, you appoint the shepherd of your life by your present assumption.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and imagine Edom's fortress of pride dissolving into light; then assume, in the present tense, 'I am the I AM in charge of my inner world' and feel that sovereignty settling into your breath and body.