Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 9:12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 9 in context

Scripture Focus

12Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

Jeremiah 9:12

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 9:12 questions who truly understands the cause of the land's ruin and who is ready to hear the LORD's message; it depicts a land wasting and paths blocked.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the verse, the wise man is not a scholar of external events but the state of consciousness that can perceive the unseen cause. The land perishing and burned like a wilderness is your present climate of thought when you forget the I AM within. The mouth of the LORD spoken refers to the inner voice that speaks your natural alignment with truth, not an oracle outside your heart. Neville's way is to see that nothing happens to you but through you, as you hold a belief in separation or lack. The question 'who is he to declare it?' becomes: who will declare a new inner truth that changes the outward scene? You claim the authority of the I AM, and by the act of imagining from that state, you cease struggling with effects and begin co-creating conditions that mirror your renewed awareness. The calamity is not punishment but a signal to return to your center. As you dwell in the awareness that God speaks within, you shift from wondering about destruction to choosing a resolute, loving formation of a new life.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume the state 'I am the one the Lord speaks within,' and revise the sense of lack to abundance; feel-it-real by walking mentally through a doorway into a thriving land.