Neville Goddard on Isaiah 10:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 10 in context

Scripture Focus

5O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

Isaiah 10:5-7

Biblical Context

Isaiah presents the Assyrian as the rod of God's anger sent against a hypocritical nation; the power outwardly moves as judgment. Yet the heart's true motive lies beyond the instrument, opening a path for inner revision.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the outer empire of Assyria stands for a state of consciousness under the discipline of Providence. The 'rod of mine anger' is not a person but a mental posture—the impulse to defend, conquer, or prove superiority through force. When you identify with this rod, you are the nation that is hypocritical to itself, a self that pretends virtue while acting out fear. The line 'Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so' reveals that the true motive lies beneath the surface of policy and speech; the tool (the Assyrian) operates by the momentum of your own ungoverned will, and yet the motive is not the instrument's own thought but a projection of your inner state. Recognize that every outward 'enemy' is a mirror of parts within you seeking to destroy or control. By turning your attention to the I AM—the awareness behind all names—you can revise the intention. Instead of marching to spoil and ruin, imagine the rod bending toward correction, healing, and release; feel the inner impulse redirected to righteousness and justice.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly; declare 'I AM' as the governor of your inner world. Then revise the image of the Assyrian rod as a symbol of wise correction and feel-it-real that power moves toward healing, not ruin.