Neville Goddard on Isaiah 16:3-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 16 in context

Scripture Focus

3Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

4Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

5And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

6We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

Isaiah 16:3-6

Biblical Context

The passage counsels wise counsel and protective action toward others, urging you to hide neither the wanderer nor the outcast, and to anchor authority in mercy. It proclaims that true rule comes through mercy, truth, and righteousness rather than pride.

Neville's Inner Vision

Moab's pride is a state of consciousness—self-importance wearing the robe of virtue. The invitation to let the outcasts dwell with you invites every hidden part of your being into the light of awareness, to protect rather than expose them. When mercy becomes the throne you assume, truth and justice are not distant ideals but living activities in your inner life—the Tabernacle of David where you judge with mercy and hasten righteousness by your assumed state. The 'outcasts' and 'spoilers' are inner faculties you once rejected; upon recognizing them, you refuse to cast them out, you shelter them, and thereby dissolve the egoic fears that keep you bound. As you persist in this assumption, pride uncovers its lies and falls away, and truth asserts itself as your immediate experience. This is the practical transformation: your inner world reorganizes itself to reflect mercy as the ruling consciousness, and the outer appears to follow.

Practice This Now

Assume you are the sheltering I AM for every part of you; revise judgments and feel mercy govern your thoughts. Imagine welcoming the outcast within, and observe truth rising as your immediate state.