Neville Goddard on Jeremiah 9:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Jeremiah 9 in context

Scripture Focus

8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

9Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Jeremiah 9:8-9

Biblical Context

The verse shows that people may speak peace with their lips while hiding deceit in their hearts, and it calls for aligning inner truth with outward speech to avoid judgment.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville Goddard vantage, the tongue is not a mere organ but a symbol of your inner state. When your words shoot forth like an arrow of deceit, it is your conceived self projecting an image at odds with the heart. God is the I AM within you; the outer speech is a sign of what you have assumed to be true about yourself. If you seek peace through clever talk while your inner motive is to guard, threaten, or control, you are rehearsing exile from your own inner kingdom. The corrective is to refuse the image of separation and to revise the motive until your inner state and your spoken word harmonize. Make the bold assumption that your neighbor, or any situation, is already transformed by your truthful inner state; feel the reality of that truth now, and let your tongue reflect it. When your heart is aligned, the visitation of consequence becomes a gentle, liberating return rather than punishment.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine a conversation where your spoken peace matches your heart's intent; revise the motive behind any deceitful flourish until your inner state and your words are one, and feel it as already real.