Neville Goddard on Isaiah 20:2-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 20 in context

Scripture Focus

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 20:2-6

Biblical Context

Isaiah 20:2-6 shows the LORD instructing Isaiah to wear no sackcloth and walk naked and barefoot as a visible sign that external powers will be exposed; it frames the coming exile and eventual return.

Neville's Inner Vision

When we listen for the voice of God as I AM inside us, the naked walk is not a spectacle but a shift of consciousness. The sackcloth is the worn story you tell yourself: 'I am defined by kingdoms and alliances; I am safe only as long as Egypt and Ethiopia deliver me.' God says, remove the garment, go unclothed in your awareness, and let the projections of outward power march before you as sign and wonder. The king of Assyria in your life is the belief that fear can compel action from without. As Isaiah walks, you learn that what you fear—exile, shame, exposure—has already stirred within you as a inner movement toward a new self-state. The 'isle' that says 'where shall we flee for help?' becomes your own inner stillness, your I AM, the only sure deliverer. When you stop seeking deliverance in others and assume the feeling of being already free, you begin to see the Egypts and Ethiopias you once trusted leading away their captives—within your own mind. Your return is the return to conscious, creative living under your I AM.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and name a belief of dependency on external deliverers. Then revise it by affirming, 'I am delivered now by the I AM within me,' and feel the relief as if that state is already true.