Neville Goddard on Isaiah 20:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 20 in context

Scripture Focus

1In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

2At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

3And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

4So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

5And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

6And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

Isaiah 20:1-6

Biblical Context

Isaiah 20:1–6 shows a king of Assyria conquering Ashdod, while God commands Isaiah to walk naked as a sign against Egypt and Ethiopia; captives are led away in shame, and people wonder how they will escape for deliverance.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the living act of the text, nothing external is happening to you; the Assyrian king is the restless mind pressing for results, the sackcloth stripped from your loins is your worn-out stories about lack, and the barefoot sign is awareness walking openly in the naked truth of I AM. The prophecy speaks not of distant lands but of states of consciousness that must be noticed and shifted. When Isaiah walks naked, he embodies the condition of inner freedom that already exists beyond fear of bondage. The Egyptians and Ethiopians are your locked-in fears about your own potency—your glory you project as deliverance from outside. The Lord’s message is that true deliverance comes not by seeking a future escape, but by turning inward and recognizing the self as the king of your inner empire. The islander who says, 'such is our expectation' is your habit of hoping an external savior will rescue you; Neville-like, you revise that expectation by assuming the quality of I AM here and now, and the land you seek becomes the inner realm of creative awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume you are already delivered; feel the I AM presence filling you now; revise every lack into sufficiency and embody the inner king, watching outer appearances shift.