Inner Crown Unveiled

Isaiah 3:16-17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Isaiah 3 in context

Scripture Focus

16Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
17Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
Isaiah 3:16-17

Biblical Context

Isaiah 3:16-17 describes prideful self-display among the daughters of Zion and God's corrective act as a symbolic exposure. It frames judgment as an inward shift toward humility and wholeness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Isaiah speaks as thought-states: haughty postures—stretched necks, bright eyes, tinkling feet—are inner postures of separation and self-display. The scab that the Lord will lay on the crown of the daughters of Zion is not outward judgment but a symbol: when the mind believes it must prove its value, Creation peels away the ornament until the true self is seen. The 'secret parts' exposed is the disclosure of what pride keeps hidden: fear, appetite, and need for control beneath fine attire. The inner movement is toward humility: a release from vanity into meekness, from judgment into holiness, from self-exaltation to the quiet authority of I AM. When you realize that God is I AM within you, the need to perform vanishes; you become the radiance that does not broadcast but simply is. The discipline is to re-create your sense of self by assumption, feeling your worth as the I AM, and acting from that awareness rather than from the image you present.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes; declare, 'I am the I AM,' and revise your self-image to a humble, serene crown; feel the inner light dissolve pride and replace it with quiet confidence. In the next hour, act from this revised sense, even in small interactions.

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