Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 51:20-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 51 in context

Scripture Focus

20Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

21And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;

22With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;

23I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

Jeremiah 51:20-23

Biblical Context

God speaks of you as His battle axe, an instrument through which He breaks the powers of the nations. The lines symbolize inner states—fear, doubt, and old patterns—being dismantled by a revised consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, this is not violence against others but the assertion of consciousness. When Jeremiah says, 'thou art my battle axe,' he names your inner I AM—the tool through which God acts in your life. The 'nations' and 'kingdoms' are not distant rulers; they are the multitude of conditions within your mind—fear, scarcity, judgment, habit—conditions you once believed controlled you. The 'horse and rider,' 'chariot and rider,' the 'shepherd and his flock,' the 'husbandman and yoked oxen' embody the psychic forces that seem to govern your days. Yet with 'thee'—with your I AM awareness—you break in pieces these inner constructs. The law at work is your own revised sense of self; as you identify with the instrument of power, your outer world rearranges to mirror that shift. There is no greater conquest than waking inside, feeling that you are the mythic tool through which God expresses. The image invites you to realize you are the power, not the object of power; you wield belief, not weapons, and you witness your life align with a clarified consciousness.

Practice This Now

Practice: Sit quietly, repeat 'I am the I AM, the battle axe of God' until you feel a warm sensation of light in your chest, then revise one lingering limitation by saying, 'From this moment, I am free to act through divine power' and imagine the old pattern breaking apart.