Neville Goddard on Isaiah 27:9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 27 in context

Scripture Focus

9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

Isaiah 27:9

Biblical Context

Sin is purged by demolishing false worship. The altar stones are beaten to chalk, and the groves and images fall; this is the fruit that takes away sin.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that Isaiah speaks not of outward ritual but of the inner disposition that creates experience. The altar and its stones stand for your fixed beliefs about God, yourself, and the world—the structures you have built in imagination. To purge the iniquity of Jacob is to dissolve these idols by an act of inner alchemy: beat the hard stones of your old altar into chalk so they can no longer support a separate self. The groves and images are the vivid pictures you cradle in the mind that nourish fear, pride, and desire; when you erase them in consciousness, they cannot stand up in the face of the I AM that you are. The fruit of this purge is not punishment but release: sin vanishes as you stop worshiping a God apart from your awareness. Your present experience will shift to reflect the truth you now dwell in: I AM the one and only reality. When you revise the story and feel it real, the outer world bows to your inner state.

Practice This Now

Assume the state I AM as your only reality and, in your imagination, break the altar stones into chalk. Watch groves and images crumble and rest in the feeling of purification as sin loses its grip.