Neville Goddard on Isaiah 47:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 47 in context

Scripture Focus

1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

2Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

Isaiah 47:1-2

Biblical Context

It depicts a fall from power and the need to lay down outward throne and status. It invites you to release pride and reveal your true inner identity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the scene is not geography but your inner state. Babylon is the prideful image you have mistakenly trusted as ruler of your world. When Isaiah bids the daughter to come down and sit in the dust, he is inviting you to dethrone any idea that you are merely a public figure, a title, or a personality. The order to take the millstones and grind meal means that your fixed beliefs must be broken down by the imagination you call God within. By uncovering thy locks and making bare the leg, you are asked to expose the hidden attachments and the raw nerve of consciousness, to stop protecting a self that fears exposure. Crossing the rivers signifies moving through inner thresholds from one state of consciousness to another, not crossing literal streams but crossing from pride to humility, from separation to oneness. The decree that you shall no more be called tender and delicate is an invitation to redefine strength as awareness. Your true power is the I AM grounding every scene; when you align with that I AM, the external image transforms to match the inner state.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine yourself stepping off the throne of pride and sitting in the dust of inner honesty. Then revise your self-image by affirming, 'I am the I AM,' and feel the reality rising from within.