Neville Goddard on Isaiah 46:1-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 46 in context

Scripture Focus

1Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.

2They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

3Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

4And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

5To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

8Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.

9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,

10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

11Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

12Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

13I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

Isaiah 46:1-13

Biblical Context

Idols burden the people and fail to deliver, while the true God carries them from birth to old age. The passage asserts God's sovereignty and invites us to remember his enduring presence over all manufactured substitutes.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the idols as nothing more than contracted beliefs you have worshiped in place of the I AM within. They weigh you down, demand tribute, and yet they cannot move your life or answer your calls. Isaiah speaks a different language: the I AM bears Jacob and Israel from the belly to hoary age, and even your old age is folded into a birthright of presence. In this inner reading, God is not a distant law but the static awareness you are. Your true power lies in the conscious assumption that you are carried by the one living I AM, not by things you have made or measures you carry. When you prefer the imagined idol to the divine I AM, you enter captivity; when you remember and turn, you awaken to the end from the beginning—your salvation already prepared and awaiting realization in Zion, the state of perfect harmony within. The chorus of fear recedes as you claim your oneness with the I AM and let your creative imagination do the carrying.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the feeling 'I am carried by the I AM' right now; visualize the burden lifting onto the I AM within you and rest in that state of effortless support.