Neville Goddard on Isaiah 22:15-19 - 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.

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 22:15-19

Biblical Context

God rebukes Shebna for vanity and building a tomb for self-importance, predicting removal from office; the passage reveals how pride invites downfall.

Neville's Inner Vision

Enter the scene as a parable of your own consciousness. Shebna represents a state of pride that hews a tomb for its ego, imagining safety in rock and tombs rather than in the I AM within. The Lord—the I AM behind all life—says your outward title and glittering banners will be carried away when the inner disposition remains fixed in separation. You are not punished by a distant king but moved by the silent currents of belief that keep you clinging to a self-image. When you insist on a grand station, the inner reality must rearrange itself—carried away, covered, tossed to a larger field—so that you can return to a wider sense of self. The remedy is a change of consciousness: imagine yourself as the I AM here and now, not as the figure who rules or is ruled. Replacing the tomb with fluid awareness dissolves the fear that prompts pride and invites a true, unbound expression of life.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the self-story you live by, silently declaring, 'I am the I AM, not the title or tomb I imagine.' Then feel the spaciousness of awareness replacing the need to prove yourself through outward status.