Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 8:10-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 8 in context

Scripture Focus

10Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

11For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

13I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

15We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

Jeremiah 8:10-15

Biblical Context

Covetousness and a counterfeit peace reveal inner decay. Outward security will fail and judgment follows.

Neville's Inner Vision

All the words of Jeremiah are not mere history; they are states of consciousness that breathe in you right now. When you cling to covetousness, to the idea that the world must deliver you, you set your heart on others possessions and you mistake the outer scene for reality. The prophet and the priest who deal falsely correspond to parts of your own mind that tell you there is peace while your inner garden lies barren. You may say there is peace, yet fear and hunger for more rise in you; this is the inner Jerusalem within. The withdrawal of fruit—the grapes, the figs—speaks of vitality you misplaced in things rather than in God as the source. The defense of cities and the bitter water you drink are the climactic signs that your present sense of safety is a dream. But remember: you can revise this entire drama by choosing a new state. The I AM in you is the only governor of your reality; assume the feeling of true security as if it were already real, and peace is born from within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and feel the I AM within you. Repeat that you are at peace now, secured by God, and imagine walking in a garden of inner fruit where nothing external can deprive you.