Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 51:7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 51 in context

Scripture Focus

7Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

Jeremiah 51:7

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 51:7 portrays Babylon as a golden cup in the LORD's hand that makes the earth drunken; the nations drink of her wine and are mad.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM within, Babylon is not a distant empire but a seductive belief system that seems to intoxicate the heart. The 'golden cup' gleams with promises of power, security, and separation—yet it is held in the LORD's hand, meaning it is a product of consciousness and under divine attention. When you identify with those glittering stories, you drink the wine and your mind grows feverish, scattered, and mad. But you are not at the mercy of these images; you are the awareness that imagines them. The Kingdom of God is the inner state where you dwell as the I AM, unaffected by the intoxication of Babylon. Cultivate this awareness by deliberately assuming a different state: that you are whole, present, and sovereign, and that the world's dramas reflect your own inner shifts. Practice becoming the witness who changes the scene by a revised assumption, rather than arguing with appearances. By repeatedly returning to the sense 'I AM,' you dissolve the intoxication and reconstitute reality from consciousness.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of your true I AM now—silently declare, 'I AM that I AM I inhabit the Kingdom of God within,' and let the sense of steadiness replace the sense of being drunk by outward events.