Neville Goddard on Isaiah 34:5-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 34 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Isaiah 34:5-8

Biblical Context

God’s sword is described as coming from heaven to judge Idumea, signaling the LORD’s day of vengeance and recompense.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the 'sword of the LORD' as the vivid act of your own imagination purified by heaven. When it is bathed in heaven, it enters Idumea—the inner soil of old resentments and fixed beliefs—and judges them into awareness. Bozrah, the place you hold as 'other' or 'curse', becomes a symbol for a mental region you dismiss as past fault. The great slaughter is the shedding of those thoughts, not of people; the land becomes soaked with the blood of fear replaced by the fatness of new perception. This is the day of the LORD's vengeance and the year of recompense for Zion because Zion is not a place but the state of consciousness that remains when you refuse to identify with fear. Your inner sword thus enacts justice by realigning your mind with your I AM. In that alignment, enemies lose their power because you no longer entertain separation.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, declare the I AM presence, and revise one grievance by stating, 'I release this belief; I am the harmony of God within me,' and hold the feeling until it feels real.