Neville Goddard on Isaiah 25:2-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 25 in context

Scripture Focus

2For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

3Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.

4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

5Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

Isaiah 25:2-5

Biblical Context

Outward ruin and fortress imagery in Isaiah 25:2-5 symbolize inner states; when the I AM awareness is embraced as refuge, fear dissolves and strength appears for the distressed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the city in the verse as a state of consciousness, not a place. When you 'happen upon' a ruin—the old sense of separateness, fear, or lack—know that you are not condemned to that ruin. The I AM is the fortress you can enter by silent assumption. As you dwell there, the noise of strangers (the loud fears) falls away, and the heat and storm of distress loses its grip, for the shelter and shadow in you have become real. The 'strong people' who glorify thee are the new powers arising from your disciplined inner life: conviction, compassion, and justice moving in harmony. Your inner city is rebuilt not by outward effort but by inner recognition. The branch of the terrible ones is brought low when you refuse to identify with it; you declare, 'I am the refuge and strength of the poor and afflicted,' and you feel the truth as now. This is deliverance: you are not escaping the world, you are reforming your relationship to it through awareness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise distress by declaring, 'I am the shelter and strength of the poor.' Feel the refuge now as a palpable reality and let the storms of fear dissolve in that awareness.