Neville Goddard on Isaiah 16:7-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 16 in context

Scripture Focus

7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

8For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

9Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

10And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.

12And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

Isaiah 16:7-12

Biblical Context

Moab laments the loss of harvests and joy, mourning the foundations of Kirhareseth. The passage frames these outward destructions as a sign of an inner state that blocks true prayer.

Neville's Inner Vision

Where Moab weeps and the vines fail, see not a geography, but a state of consciousness. The cry of Moab and the weary wanderer in Kirharesh are not 'out there' but within you—the I AM that believes it has been emptied. The vineyards that sing and the presses that run represent a mind that has identified with lack, with the illusion that happiness depends on external harvests. Yet the line 'he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail' reveals the misplacement of power: prayer without an assumed self-quieting cannot prevail because you have not yet assumed the consciousness that you are always in the sanctuary. To reverse this, adopt an assumption that you are the presence that never left its sanctuary. Feel the tears as a language of longing dissolving into the realization, 'I am here, I am whole, and this moment now is the sanctuary.' Then revise the scene: the vineyards flourish in your awareness, the shout returns as harmony, and the outer becomes a faithful echo of your inner state.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of I AM as your constant reality. Repeat, with feeling, 'I am the sanctuary here and now; all things I seek are present in this consciousness,' and linger until the sense of sufficiency remains.