Neville Goddard on Isaiah 2:10-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 2 in context

Scripture Focus

10Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.

11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

12For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

13And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

14And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

15And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

18And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

20In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

21To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

Isaiah 2:10-21

Biblical Context

The passage calls you to humble pride and abandon idols, seeking refuge in the Lord's majesty. It foresees a day when the Lord alone is exalted and every idol is abolished.

Neville's Inner Vision

Enter into the rock and hide thee in the dust is an invitation to turn from the outward city of your thoughts to the inner citadel of awareness. The rock stands for the I AM—the stable consciousness that nothing can shake. The dust is the humbled ego, the pride that must bow before the majesty you awaken to. When you claim that the LORD is exalted in your day, you are not praising a distant power; you are reorienting your inner weather so that the images you chase—towers, ships, pictures—lose their controlling grip. Idols are beliefs you have made into reality by giving them attention; when you dissolve them in the furnace of awareness, they scurry to the holes of rocks, just as the text says. The loftiness of man is made low by recognizing that the power you worship is your own awareness. In that exaltation, the LORD alone is exalted in your mind, and the old forms perish. This is the inner turning—Judgment becomes mercy when seen as a shift in consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and step into the inner rock. Let the statement 'I AM the Lord of my life' rise in you and feel your old pride fall away as you watch idols dissolve.