Neville Goddard on Isaiah 23:4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 23 in context

Scripture Focus

4Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.

Isaiah 23:4

Biblical Context

Isaiah 23:4 presents Sidon as addressed by the sea, a personified strength declaring barrenness and lack of nurture; it signals a judgment tied to an inner condition.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe that the sea in this text is not a distant ocean but the sea of your own inner state—the beliefs you call strength, tradition, and security. When the voice says, Be thou ashamed, you are hearing the effect of a thought-form about yourself that believes you cannot birth life or form. The sea’s claim that it travaileth not is the confession of a mind convinced it is barren, fixed, unable to bring forth. In Neville’s terms, you awaken to the fact that your real self—the I AM—must claim dominion in your world. The verse asks you to reverse the current state by identifying with the source of life, not the image of limitation. You may imagine that you are the sea, yet you can insist: I AM the Life within; I am the creator of all appearances. By assumption, revision, and feeling it real, you dissolve the old belief and invite fresh vitality—your inner sea returning to its abundance and birth.

Practice This Now

Assume, in the next moment, that you are the I AM behind all birth. Revise by saying, 'I AM the Life within,' and feel the sea within you surge with abundance.