Neville Goddard on Isaiah 10:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 10 in context

Scripture Focus

8For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

9Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

Isaiah 10:8-9

Biblical Context

The passage questions the pride of rulers who equate distant lands and princes with ultimate power, highlighting the emptiness of outward kingdoms. It points toward an inner standard of sovereignty beyond form.

Neville's Inner Vision

Isaiah exposes a fever of rulers boasting that their princes are all kings, and that neighboring kingdoms stand as equals. In Neville’s terms, Calno, Carchemish, Hamath, Arpad, Damascus are not places but states of mind—moments when power is believed to rest in outward form. The real ruler is the I AM within, unchanging and aware. When you align with that identity, the urge to compare dissolves; you stop declaring one prince as king over another and recognize that all outward tokens mirror inner states, hence are subject to the one consciousness. The so-called kingdoms vanish in the light of inner recognition: the one who feels the wish is already the one who has it. The verse becomes a practice of revision—rewrite the scene by dwelling in the truth that no external dominion can outmatch the sovereignty of the I AM within. God reigns in you here and now, not by conquest of lands but by awareness itself.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and declare, I AM the ruler of my inner realm; all apparent princes bow to this sovereignty. Then feel the truth as a present vibration—internal unity replaces outward comparison, and the imagined kingdoms align under the I AM.