Neville Goddard on Isaiah 48:18-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 48 in context

Scripture Focus

18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

19Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

20Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

21And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

22There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

Isaiah 48:18-22

Biblical Context

Isaiah 48:18-22 frames obedience as the path to lasting peace and provision, while inviting the reader to leave Babylon-like beliefs and trust in God's redemptive power within.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this inner reading, the commandments are your inner laws; to hearken is to align consciousness with your I AM. When you imagine obeying, peace flows like a river and righteousness rises like the sea’s waves, revealing your seed multiplied and secure in God. “Go ye forth of Babylon” becomes leaving the stale beliefs and fears—the collective dream that binds you—and stepping into a present state where you are redeemed by inner realization. The desert becomes a classroom of perception, where God provides water from the rock—your mind yields living waters as you stand in alignment with the divine. “There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked” becomes a reminder that peace is the natural state of the fully realized I AM, not a distant promise. Each line invites you to revise your sense of self until you perceive the world as the outward expression of your inward state. When you attend to this, you discover the passages speak to your consciousness, blessing your life the moment you dare to feel it real.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe into the I AM, and assume you have already kept the divine command. Feel the river of peace flowing through you and revise any sense of exile as you step into your inner land.