Neville Goddard on Isaiah 39:1-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 39 in context

Scripture Focus

1At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.

2And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

3Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.

4Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

5Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:

6Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

7And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

Isaiah 39:1-7

Biblical Context

Hezekiah welcomes Babylon's envoys and shows all his treasures; Isaiah prophesies that all in his house and his heirs will be carried away, illustrating judgment tied to attachment to wealth and status.

Neville's Inner Vision

Take this story as a mirror for your own consciousness. The 'house of treasures' and the 'silver, gold, spices' are not bricks and mortar but your inner wealth—your cherished ideas of security, status, and lineage. When Hezekiah takes delight in the outside gaze of Babylon, he identifies with wealth as his security; the prophet's word interrupts this—'the days come'—not to threaten him, but to wake him. In Neville's voice, all events in the outer become movements of your inner state. The impending exile is the disclosure that attachment to forms must yield to the I AM that remains unchanged by appearances. The real drama is the conversion from dependency on possessions to the awareness that you are the source of all supply. The return is the renewal of consciousness, a return to your true seat of power, where nothing can be permanently taken when you have assumed the state of abundance. In practice: adopt the assumption that you are the I AM, the endless reservoir of wealth, and revise any scene in which you seek validation from a far country. Feel it real that your security is within you, and the outer world will reflect that inner truth.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, assume the I AM is the source of all wealth within you, and feel-it-real that you are impervious to external loss; then reinterpret any external validation as a reflection of your inner state.