Neville Goddard on Isaiah 47:8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 47 in context

Scripture Focus

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:

Isaiah 47:8

Biblical Context

Verse Isaiah 47:8 warns against a self-satisfied, pleasure-centered mindset. It exposes the claim 'I am' as a root of idolatry and dependency on wealth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Isaiah exposes a mind-set masquerading as safety: the heart that says I am, and none beside me. In Neville's terms, this is not a person's boast but a state of consciousness pretending to be the world. When you entertain the sentence I am, you are inviting wealth, ease, and pleasures to pose as the sovereign power over your life. Yet God, the I AM within, is the only true ruler; the outer scene merely reflects the inner attitude you hold about yourself. The verse is a mirror: do you trust the outer measures the widow's fear, the losing of children, the line of plenty, or do you awaken to the inner reality that your life is a dream of your own making, guided by the I AM? To revise it, you must refuse the habit of making I into a final idol and instead dwell in the recognition that the I AM is the one who sustains all forms. Assume that the inner riches are already yours, not because of appearances, but because your consciousness is the source. Let wealth and pleasure disclose their rightful place as gestures of a single mind, and feel the truth that you are one with the I AM, eternal, responsive, and abundant.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare I AM the sole ruler of my life. Imagine wealth and pleasure as expressions of inner stability, not masters over you, and feel the real sense of being sustained by the I AM.