Neville Goddard on Isaiah 22:12-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 22 in context

Scripture Focus

12And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

13And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

14And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

15Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?

17Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.

18He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.

19And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

Isaiah 22:12-19

Biblical Context

On that day the Lord calls for mourning, yet the people feast as if tomorrow will never come. A message declares that their iniquity cannot be purged by outward rites, and Shebna’s self-image is exposed and removed, signaling exile from external power and a shift to inner leadership.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the reader, this passage is not history but your inner terrain. When the Lord of hosts calls you to weeping, it is your I AM awakening to a misalignment between belief and reality. The feast and the cry of 'for tomorrow we die' reveal the ego clinging to sensation, pretending there is no tomorrow to a life lived by the senses. The line that this iniquity shall not be purged by outward rites is a reminder that guilt cannot be erased by ritual unless consciousness shifts. Shebna, the treasurer over the house, embodies the false self that builds monuments to prove security—like a tomb hewn in rock. The Lord will carry thee away, toss thee into a distant land, and pull thee down from thy state; this is not punishment but a return to truth: the old identity must be displaced so the true ruler can arise. When you accept this inward rearrangement and imagine governing from the I AM within, your external arrangements fall into place, and a new inner order births your life anew.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit in stillness and feel the I AM as your constant governor. Revise your self-image from outward status to inward leadership, and feel it real that you are already ruling from within.