Neville Goddard on Isaiah 10:15-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 10 in context

Scripture Focus

15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

16Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

Isaiah 10:15-16

Biblical Context

The verse asks whether tools of power can boast against their wielder. It declares that the proud will be humbled, reduced to leaness, and purified by a burning fire.

Neville's Inner Vision

See the axe and the saw as inner symbols, not external weapons. They can boast only when you misidentify yourself with their force; they have no life apart from the one who wields them — your I AM, your awareness. In this reading, the \"fat ones\" are the inflated pockets of the self, rich with opinion and pride. The leaness that follows is not punishment but clarity, a thinning away of obstructing stories so your energy can move with precision. When you imagine the Lord of hosts as the governor of your inner workshop, the \"burning\" is not destruction, but the purifying fire of vivid perception, revealing the reality that you are the dreamer who writes the scene. The verse invites you to revise your sense of identity: stop claiming glory for what you simply employ, and begin claiming the I AM that animates it all. As you dwell in that awareness, your images align with truth, and the imagined world bends to your strengthened, less boastful intention.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, declare, 'I am the I AM behind every image and tool,' and revise pride into quiet power. Feel it real as lean clarity fills your chest.