Neville Goddard on Isaiah 47:6-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 47 in context

Scripture Focus

6I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

7And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.

8Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

9But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

10For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

11Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.

14Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

15Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

Isaiah 47:6-15

Biblical Context

These verses describe a divine judgment on a proud, pleasure-seeking power that trusts sorcery and worldly wisdom. The passage warns that sudden ruin comes to those who say 'I am' and forget the latter end, relying on outward security.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, this is not about a city far away; it is the inner state you live in. Babylon in this text is your mind clinging to pleasures, your image of power built on the world’s sorceries and the proud claim 'I am, and none else beside me.' When you entertain that belief, you are delivered into the hand of your own created conditions. The moment you say 'I shall not sit as a widow' in the outer sense, you deny the truth of change—the inner law. The two calamities—loss of children and widowhood—are inner losses: the collapse of cherished stories when you forget the latter end. Neville teaches that imagination creates reality; therefore, see that the looming judgments are warnings that your currents of thought, not external powers, govern your life. Stand in the awareness of I AM, revise your images, withdraw trust from enchantments, and feel it real that you are the sole architect of your world. The fire that burns the sorcerers is the purging of belief in separation; you awaken to your true sovereign self.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, declare 'I AM' is the only reality. Picture the outer powers dissolving into light, while you stand as the observer, sovereign.