Neville Goddard on Isaiah 42:13-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 42 in context

Scripture Focus

13The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

14I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

15I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

16And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

17They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

Isaiah 42:13-17

Biblical Context

The passage presents God as a conquering liberator who will defeat enemies and overturn idols. It also promises guidance for the spiritually blind along a new, straight path.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within me, the LORD is the I AM—the living awareness that makes me aware. The mighty man is my assumption, the certainty that I have already prevailed over every fear. When I 'cry' and 'roar,' I am simply releasing the inner energy of revision, no longer silencing the truth I seek. I now destroy and devour the mountains of limitation, and I dry up the rivers of doubt, until nothing in me can sustain the old picture of myself. I will lead the blind by a way they do not know, for I am no longer bound by the maps of my past beliefs. I make darkness light and crooked paths straight by the steady acknowledgment that I am the light that imagines reality into being. These things I do unto myself, and I do not forsake myself; the I AM remains, unwavering. Those who worship images of fear will be humiliated by their own emptiness, but I choose a new allegiance—to the I AM within. This is the ongoing, intimate confrontation that brings the manifest world into alignment with consciousness.

Practice This Now

Assume the identity of the I AM here and now: revise a specific limit by declaring, 'I am whole and free,' and feel the warmth of light guiding your steps along a new path.