Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 9:12-14 - 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?

13And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

14But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

Jeremiah 9:12-14

Biblical Context

Jeremiah 9:12-14 asks who can understand the coming calamity; the Lord explains that the land suffers because people forsook His law and followed the imaginations of their own heart, turning to idols.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of calamity not as a distant disaster but as a state of consciousness you are entertaining. The wise man is not a scholar of external events but one who listens to the mouth of the Lord within and aligns his thoughts with the immutable law I AM. When people turn from the inner law and run after the imaginations of their own heart—they cling to Baalim as if idols could grant security—the land of their consciousness dries, becomes a wilderness, and nothing moves through it. The perishing of the land then is a mirror of the mind’s reluctance to obey the still, small voice that says, be still and do not depart from my command. To restore life you must return to the law as your inner standard, obey the voice in you, and revise every urge that arises from self-will. In this light the calamity dissolves as you re-center awareness on I AM and permit imagination to serve the law, not dominate it.

Practice This Now

Assume the state 'I AM within me governs all.' When you notice a restless imagination, revise it by declaring alignment with the inner voice and feeling it as real.