Neville Goddard on Isaiah 21:6-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 21 in context

Scripture Focus

6For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

7And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

9And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

Isaiah 21:6-9

Biblical Context

The LORD commands a watchman to declare what he sees. He prophesies invasion and the fall of Babylon's idols.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the text, the LORD is the I AM within me, saying: Go, set a watchman upon the tower of my attention and declare what I see. I hear the movement of chariots—my thoughts racing, my fears, my longings—each a vehicle of change. To 'hearken diligently' is to attend to the subtle signs my consciousness presents, revealing what I am becoming. When I cry, 'Babylon is fallen,' I am naming a shift in my inner state—the collapse of old idols I once worshiped as real. This is not about conquering others; it is about waking to the truth that I am the ruler of my inner world. The watchman who stands in the daytime and keeps ward through the night is the steady, unwavering awareness that I AM. As the images fall, I am freed from their power, and a new sense of being arises—one that does not depend on external forms but on the established truth of my own consciousness.