Neville Goddard on Isaiah 22:15-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 22 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Isaiah 22:15-17

Biblical Context

The passage rebukes a man who carves a tomb for himself and seeks to exalt his image; judgment follows.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your present state is not the tomb you fashion for your image, but the consciousness you inhabit. Shebna, the over-the-house manager, represents a mind that devotes its energy to outward honors, to the sepulcher carved in stone where it would live forever in the rock of ego. The Lord’s word, 'What hast thou here?' is a question you must ask of every reflected image you cling to. If you have built a sepulchre to impress the world, you have already exiled your true Self from the inner sanctuary. The mighty captivity is not punishment but a waking door: when you insist on that image, you imprison the living I AM within. Yet the spirit of the Lord is not defeated; it calls you to turn from stone to essence, to realize that 'over the house' means you govern your inner life by imagination. In the inner kingdom, the true treasure is awareness itself, not the rock-cut tomb. When you revise by assuming a higher state, you release the self from its tomb and walk free in the light of God.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and declare, I AM the Lord of this inner house. See the tomb dissolve into a radiant chamber and feel the true treasure—awareness—taking its rightful seat.