Neville Goddard on Isaiah 13:14-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 13 in context

Scripture Focus

14And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

15Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

16Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

18Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

19And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

20It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

22And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

Isaiah 13:14-22

Biblical Context

The passage portrays Babylon's ruin: people flee, families are scattered, and the city is left desolate as judgment moves across the land.

Neville's Inner Vision

To me, the vision of Babylon's fall is not a geography but a dream within the mind, the I AM revealing what the world hides. When the outer city collapses—the fleeing, the spoiling, the trumpets of war—notice that it is the inner belief that has been bankrupted. The 'Medes' I stir are the faculties of awareness rising to blow away the idols of wealth, status, and security that rely on external power. As you heed their march, you learn that nothing in the world can shake the consciousness that remains when you refuse to identify with the scene. The glory and beauty of kingdoms are extinguished only to reveal a deeper sovereignty: the I AM that does not abandon you, even when the form you loved disappears. In the shift, you are not punished but disillusioned of the belief that you are separate from God. Your true kingdom is within, and the 'desolate' places become rooms where imagination can rebuild them anew.

Practice This Now

Imaginative practice: close your eyes and assume the state you desire as already true—'I AM consciousness, free and whole now.' Let the sense of external collapse dissolve as you feel the Kingdom within awaken.