Neville Goddard on Isaiah 37:21-29 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 37 in context

Scripture Focus

21Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

22This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

24By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

25I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

26Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

27Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

28But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

29Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

Isaiah 37:21-29

Biblical Context

God speaks through Isaiah, promising to deal with Sennacherib’s pride and to turn back the invading army. The message invites trust in divine awareness rather than in external power.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this script, the invading army is the restless thought of fear in your own mind; Sennacherib's boast resembles the ego's loud claims of separate power. The virgin daughter of Zion signifies your abiding I AM, which mocks the noise of pride and refuses to bow to it. When the ego declares, 'By my chariots I am come up to the height of mountains,' your inner vision can acknowledge the same illusion and choose a higher alignment. The Lord says, 'I know thy abode, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me,' reminding you that your inner state governs all appearances. The divine response is not violence but the subtlest redirection: place a spiritual constraint upon the problem—yet do it with gentleness, a hook in the nose, a bridle on the lips—so the thoughts return along their originating path, back to your true center. Thus the outward army is turned not by force but by consciousness, by the awareness that you are the I AM and not the thoughts that clamour. When you pray, you awaken to the fact that creation unfolds from your inner state, and you revise the scene until it bows to your peace.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and affirm 'I AM the I AM' as the observer of the scene; imagine the ego's boastful army being gently hooked and led away, and feel your center quietly restored.