Neville Goddard on Isaiah 37:14-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 37 in context

Scripture Focus

14And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

15And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,

16O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

17Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.

18Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,

19And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

20Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.

Isaiah 37:14-20

Biblical Context

Hezekiah receives a threatening letter, spreads it before the Lord, and prays that the living God would save him; his petition declares God as the sole ruler whose kingdom endures.

Neville's Inner Vision

The letter is not a parchment from a foreign king; it is the stubborn claim of fear in your own mind. Hezekiah takes this fear and lays it on the altar of awareness—the house of the LORD—where you discover that ‘the God of Israel’ is the awareness that you are. When he prays, he does not bargain with a distant power but calls upon the I AM that dwells between the cherubim, the within-knowledge you can never lose. Sennacherib’s boasts mirror every negative thought that has proclaimed itself sovereign in your life. They have laid waste all nations, and their ‘gods’ are but the works of hands—wood and stone. This reveals that every false image can be consumed by the fire of your realized I AM. The purpose of the request—to save us—becomes your determination that the inner kingdoms bow to the one Lord, so that the whole realm of your mind, every corner of your inner empire, may acknowledge that you are the LORD, the only power.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine laying the threatening letter of fear before the I AM; revise its message to declare your desired outcome and feel it real as if already accomplished.