Neville Goddard on Isaiah 38:18-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 38 in context

Scripture Focus

18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

20The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

Isaiah 38:18-20

Biblical Context

The grave cannot praise thee; only the living shall praise thee. The passage speaks of waking to truth and of God's readiness to save, inviting present singing and declaration in the house of the LORD.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner theater, Isaiah’s lines reveal a law of consciousness rather than distant places. The grave and the pit symbolize states of sleep, while the living, the living, are those who awaken to thy truth. When I say that the LORD was ready to save me, I am not appealing to a future act but recognizing that the I AM, my own awareness, is forever prepared to act on my behalf. Praise becomes a living state of alignment with Truth, a melody of feeling that asserts what is real beyond fear. The father to the children speaks of a transmission within the soul: I teach my heart and my descendants by dwelling in thy truth today. The house of the LORD is not a temple of bricks but the field of my awareness where salvation is realized now, so I sing now with the instruments of memory and imagination. Thus this verse becomes a manifesto: awaken, praise, and allow the saving power of the I AM to operate in every moment.

Practice This Now

Practice: sit quietly and declare I am the living, I praise Thee now. Feel the truth as real and imagine yourself in a house of the LORD, singing your songs daily as an act of present worship.