Neville Goddard on Isaiah 29:16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 29 in context

Scripture Focus

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 29:16

Biblical Context

Isaiah 29:16 warns that people invert reality and deny the One who formed them. It points to inner order: true creation comes from recognizing the potter within.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this verse, the upside-down turning is not a distant event but a state of mind: you refuse the hand that formed you by claiming, 'He made me not' or 'He had no understanding.' In Neville’s world, such statements reveal the creature arguing with the Creator—your awareness arguing with itself. The potter is the I AM behind every impression, and every experience you call 'real' flows from the assumption you hold in consciousness. When you accept the maker's handiwork, you stop resisting the natural order and discover you are not a victim of circumstance but its wise director. Providence and guidance are felt as steady laws of your inner life, responding to the way you choose to imagine. So revise the scene by returning to the awareness that you are the one who frames it, and that understanding is your birthright. Practice daily: assume the state 'I am the Potter; I formed this' and allow the world to reorder itself to match that feeling.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the potter's hand within you. Revise a current scene by declaring 'I formed this; I understand,' and feel it real until your inner state shifts.