Neville Goddard on Isaiah 34:1-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 34 in context

Scripture Focus

1Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

2For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

3Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

5For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

6The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

7And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

8For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

9And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

10It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

11But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.

12They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

13And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

14The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

15There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

16Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

17And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

Isaiah 34:1-17

Biblical Context

Isaiah 34:1-17 proclaims a universal judgment where the Lord's indignation falls on every nation; destruction sweeps across armies, and even the heavens seem to dissolve. The passage concludes with the call to seek the Lord's book and promises a lasting possession of the land for the faithful.

Neville's Inner Vision

Read as a map of inner weather: the nations are your various beliefs and habits; the indignation and sword are the sharp, decisive light of awareness that cuts through a stubborn pattern. When you identify with a self built on fear or lack, you feel the sky roll and the old orders crumble; this is not punishment but a clearing so you may awaken to the I AM that never left you. Bozrah and Idumea are the stubborn images you still accept as real about yourself; the sweeping blood and waste are the clinging thoughts and false identities you allow to die. As the heavens are rolled back, your mind releases old contracts and makes room for the true kingdom within, where your word and spirit are gathered by one law. The vow that you will possess the land forever becomes present when you dwell in the awareness that you are the Lord's agent, and the world rearranges to reflect your inner alignment with love, justice, and the I AM present now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the stance of the I AM within. Then revise a current lack by affirming that your mind is now saturated with the truth of abundance, and envision your world reflecting the new inner order.