Neville Goddard on Isaiah 36:15-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 36 in context

Scripture Focus

15Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

16Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

Isaiah 36:15-16

Biblical Context

The passage contrasts trust in the LORD with a coercive worldly bargain, urging you to beware outsourcing faith to appearances and to uphold inner reliance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within me the 'king of Assyria' speaks as fear, promising safety if I barter trust for a present. In the inner temple, the city is a state of consciousness, and the only deliverer is the I AM awake within me. When a voice declares, 'The LORD will deliver us,' I recognize it as a tactic to outsource power to appearances. The remedy is to revise the scene by assuming the feeling of the wish fulfilled—seeing myself already delivered, guided, and secure by the I AM at the center of my being. Do not seek safety in treaties with fear or in external bargains; remember that imagination creates reality and that my inner state fashions outward events. As I dwell in the truth that I am the Lord of my inner city, the vines and cisterns of sensory comfort lose their grip and the siege of doubt dissolves in the light of awareness. The true deliverance comes not from a political agreement but from a persistent inner conviction that God is awareness, and I am that awareness now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, breathe deeply, and affirm 'I am the I AM; I trust the inner deliverer.' Then dwell in the feeling of already being delivered until it becomes real to you.