Neville Goddard on Isaiah 1:2-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 1 in context

Scripture Focus

2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Isaiah 1:2-3

Biblical Context

Heavens and earth are summoned as witnesses to God's word; He has nourished His people, yet they rebel. The ox and donkey know their masters, but Israel does not understand or notice.

Neville's Inner Vision

What Isaiah calls heaven, earth, and the rebellious children, you must hear as the drama of your own consciousness. The LORD is the I AM speaking within you; He has nourished and brought up your feelers, your faculties, your entire state of being. When you declare rebellion, you are resisting the guidance of your own awareness, forgetting that your inner creation is awake, awake to its owner. The ox and the donkey are natural faculties that know their owner and place; in you, these gifts know their Source. Israel, your everyday personality, may not know or consider, but this verse invites you to awaken to the fact that you are the creator and the created, always in relationship with the Self that never leaves you. The contrasts—rebellion and creation, forgetfulness and recognition—are all inside your one mind. Your job is to rest in the truth of your own I AM, and let awareness revise your sense of self into loyal, attentive presence.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, and, placing a hand on your chest, repeat softly: 'I AM the One who nourishes and guides this life; I now know and consider all within me.' Feel this ownership as a present reality, letting it rewrite your ordinary responses.