Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 8:11-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 8 in context

Scripture Focus

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!

16The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 8:11-17

Biblical Context

The passage shows people claiming peace while their deeds reveal inner disorder; because they refuse to blush or repent, they face judgment and the loss of abundance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jeremiah 8:11-17 speaks to the inner state behind every outward claim of peace. The people soothe themselves with 'peace, peace' while their interior alignment has not changed; the true peace you seek is not a social verdict but a dwelling in the I AM, a feeling-state you cultivate in mind. The vineyards and trees that wither symbolize the fragility of outward comfort when the mind clings to fear, guilt, or habit. The 'visitations' are inner judgments, the moment when you admit your thoughts are creating your experience, and you either align with God or surrender to appearances. The horses and the devouring speak of persistent beliefs that race through the psyche when you refuse to revise, when you resist the truth that you are the thinker of your world. The cure is to move inward, to seek shelter in the inner city of consciousness, to hear God's quiet command and not reply with bitterness. The practice: assume your state as already peaceful, and feel it real until it replaces the old belief.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close the eyes and assume the end—I am at peace in God, I am the I AM now. Rehearse this feeling until the old sense of disturbance dissolves into quiet certainty.