Neville Goddard on Isaiah 15:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 15 in context

Scripture Focus

3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.

5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

Isaiah 15:3-5

Biblical Context

Moab is shown in deep mourning: people dress in sackcloth, cry aloud in the streets and on the rooftops, and fugitives flee toward Zoar as a cry of destruction rises.

Neville's Inner Vision

To read Isaiah 15:3-5 through Neville's lens is to hear the lament as an inner weather pattern. Moab represents a mind-grasping for external security, hemmed in by sackcloth and howl. The streets and housetops are not places but dispositions; the cries up to Heshbon, Elealeh, and Jahaz are thoughts that travel without rest, signaling the mind's alarm at the loss of control. Yet the line My heart shall cry out for Moab is not a cry of doom but an invitation: awareness becomes compassion, and compassion is the seed of renewal. The heart's cry acknowledges the loneliness of separateness; then the rising up of Luhith with weeping shows an emotion that can either flood or refine. If you dwell in this inner scene, you may discover that you are the I AM that witnesses the storm—your true self remains untouched by the outer lament. The way forward is to revise the scene: assume that the inner street is already quiet, that the fugitives are fled from illusion, and that destruction yields to a birth of confidence.