Neville Goddard on Isaiah 2:6-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

6Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

7Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

9And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.

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.

22Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?

Isaiah 2:6-22

Biblical Context

Isaiah 2:6-22 portrays Judah’s reliance on wealth, idols, and pride, with a coming day of judgment that humbles the human ego and abolishes outward forms of worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 2:6-22 discloses a people turning outward for security—treasures, horses, and idols—while turning away from the inner sanctuary. In a Neville Goddard frame, these outward forms are not mere history but states of consciousness: wealth, power, and ritualized worship become symbols of a mind that trusts in surface appearances. The 'east' and the 'Philistines' point to a mind scattered in many directions, seeking substitutes for the I AM. When the heart clings to what it has made, it hides from the rock of awareness and fear drives to the caves; the true invitation is to bow the loftiness and exalt the LORD alone within. The 'day of the LORD' is the moment consciousness ceases measuring itself by outward signs and recognizes one reality—that God is the I AM present in awareness. Idols formed by the mind dissolve when you return to your inner sanctuary, casting out the silver and gold of dependency and acknowledging that all power flows from the I AM. The crisis is a compassionate wake-up call to awaken to your real nature.

Practice This Now

Sit in quiet and assume you are already in the rock of consciousness. Repeat, softly: I AM the rock; outward idols dissolve as the inner life expands.