Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 7:17-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 7 in context

Scripture Focus

17Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

19Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

Jeremiah 7:17-19

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 7:17-19 describes Judahites performing outward rituals—gathering wood, kindling fire, and baking cakes for the queen of heaven—and pouring out offerings to other gods. The passage contrasts visible acts with inner loyalty, hinting that true worship is a state of consciousness rather than external form.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the scene as a drama of consciousness: people clinging to rituals to prove worth and to comfort a sense of separation. The queen of heaven and the offerings symbolize beliefs that your awareness must be appeased by forms outside itself. In Neville's terms, God is the I AM within you, the steady awareness that does not depend on ritual for reality. When you chase outward ceremonies, you're teaching your mind to worship idols of performance and approval rather than the living presence. The remedy is inward: assume that you already stand in the presence of the I AM, and let worship be alignment with that inner reality. Feel the state as real here and now, and watch the outer world rearrange itself to reflect the new inner posture. The confusion of faces disappears as you cease playing the statue before idols and begin living from the living presence within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, plant the image of a single inner altar, and silently declare 'I AM THAT I AM.' Then revise one belief about needing external rites to feel worthy, and feel that new worship as real in your chest.