Neville Goddard on Isaiah 29:11-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 29 in context

Scripture Focus

11And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

12And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

Isaiah 29:11-12

Biblical Context

Isaiah 29:11-12 speaks of a vision appearing as a sealed book, unreadable to both the learned and the unlearned. It points to an inner mechanism: true reading comes from changing one’s state of consciousness, not from external instruction.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the eye of sense, the vision in Isaiah 29:11–12 looks like a book sealed by authority, read aloud but never opened. The 'learned' claim, 'Read this, I pray thee,' and the 'unlearned' reply, 'I am not learned,' reveal a single inner barrier: the mind trusts only external measures. Neville reads this as a call to the I AM: you are the reader and the reader is consciousness. The seal is a fixed belief about what may be known, not a wall of scripture. When you adopt a new inner state—assume that the vision is already yours, feel the truth as if it is present right now—the seal drops away. Imagination becomes the key: vividly envision the scene as if it is unfolding within you this moment; your awareness confirms it, and reality bends to match your inner certainty. The vision then shifts from external instruction to inner revelation. You are not reading with books; you are reading with the I AM, and the vision opens as your own inward scripture unwinding.