Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 5:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 5 in context

Scripture Focus

5I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

Jeremiah 5:5-6

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 5:5-6 describes leaders who knew the Lord yet broke the yoke, inviting judgment. The imagery of predators signals the ruin that follows backsliding and disobedience.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah 5:5-6 presents the inner scene of leaders who knew the Lord yet broke the yoke; in Neville’s terms, the 'great men' are states of consciousness, habits of thought that imagine separation from God. When you allow the inner state to loosen the bonds, you invite the lion of fear, the wolf of error, and the leopard of defensiveness to patrol your inner cities; any outward calamity you experience is the symbolic tearing of the old you. The message is not about punitive punishment, but about inner law: you reap according to the images you entertain. The backslidings increase because you persist in an image of yourself apart from the divine I AM. You can reverse by assuming the covenant of alignment now: imagine yourself permanently yoked to the Lord’s way, feel the bonds as the steady support of your true nature, and watch the outer conditions shift to reflect that inner state. The outer world becomes the effect of your inner cast; when you revise your assumption to identify with oneness, the beasts fade and the inner city becomes secure.