Neville Goddard on Isaiah 29:13-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 29 in context

Scripture Focus

13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

14Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

15Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

16Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

Isaiah 29:13-16

Biblical Context

People approach God with words and outward ritual, but their hearts are far away; fear is taught by human precepts. A marvellous work is promised, revealing that true wisdom dissolves when life is governed by surface cleverness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Hear the inward voice of the I AM speaking through Isaiah: what you call worship is not the attendance of a ritual, but the alignment of your inner state with divine consciousness. The lips that bless and the mind that seeks approval are but the surface of a deeper habit of thought—believing you are separate from the source of all life. The promised marvellous work is the shift in awareness where the wisdom of the wise and the understanding of the prudent are revealed as dependent on conditioned thinking, not on a true contact with God. To turn things upside down like the potter’s clay is to awaken to the fact that you are the maker of your reality by the inner image you hold. When you stop fearing the shadows of others' judgments and stop clinging to precepts, you allow the I AM within to reorganize your life. In that moment, the hidden works come to light, and discernment arises as a natural function of awakened consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, feel the I AM within, and declare inwardly that you are the sole maker of your life; revise any belief that you are defined by outward rules. Then rest in the felt sense that the marvellous work is already beginning within you.