Neville Goddard on Isaiah 38:2-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 38 in context

Scripture Focus

2Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,

3And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

4Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,

5Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

7And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;

8Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

Isaiah 38:2-8

Biblical Context

Hezekiah prays to the LORD, acknowledging his truthful path and weeping; God responds through Isaiah, promising fifteen more years and deliverance, with a sign that the inner clock has moved.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Hezekiah’s moment as a turning within the mind. He turns toward the wall, not to hide, but to fix his gaze on a new state of being. The word comes not from an external distance but from the I AM within your own awareness, answering the petition you have already formed in imagination. When Hezekiah says he has walked before the Lord with truth and a perfect heart, he is naming an intended state of consciousness rather than recounting a past error. The tears are emotional clearance that helps release old images and images of lack. The promise to add fifteen years is the inner time shift by which a life is reminded of its essential vitality. The sign of the sun dial moving backward is a symbol of the inner alignment showing up as outward signs. In practice, this story invites you to dwell in the feeling that your desire is already realized, and to let your inner state reorganize your surroundings to reflect it. It is not a demand upon God, but a revision of you, the perceiver, toward your own wholeness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly and turn your attention inward as if facing a wall. Declare that you are delivered and at peace now, and dwell in that feeling until it feels real.