Inner Judgment of Zidon

Isaiah 23:12-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Isaiah 23 in context

Scripture Focus

12And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
13Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
14Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
Isaiah 23:12-14

Biblical Context

The passage speaks of judgment falling on Zidon and Tarshish, signaling the end of outward rejoicing and strength; it invites a shift from external props to inner readiness and rest. It highlights that the apparent collapse of kingdoms exposes inner realities that must be faced in consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you this prophecy speaks of a former self clinging to external signs of security. When the oppressed virgin of Zidon is told to arise and pass over to Chittim, it is the inner urge to leave familiar props and enter a space of unknown possibility—the kingdom found in consciousness alone. The land of the Chaldeans represents the mind’s habitual structures of power and culture, imagined as necessary for safety, which were not real until your habit of imagination founded them. You yourself set up towers and palaces in thought, and when awakening occurs, those constructions crumble. The cry of the ships of Tarshish reveals that the strength you trusted outwardly—money, status, security—cannot save you from unveiling a true presence. The judgment is thus a gracious turning, urging you to claim the I AM presence here and now, finding rest not in place but in awareness. The world you lament dissolves as you realize it is the dream your awareness has accepted and thus can alter.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, declare inwardly: I rest now in the I AM. Then spend 5 minutes feeling as if this rest is already yours, letting external signs fade in importance as you dwell in consciousness.

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