Neville Goddard on Isaiah 48:20-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 48 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Isaiah 48:20-21

Biblical Context

Isaiah invites a movement from captivity to freedom and proclaims that the Lord has redeemed His servant. Neville's reading sees Babylon as a state of consciousness and the desert as the inner space through which faith moves us toward provision.

Neville's Inner Vision

I hear Isaiah's call as a call to a mental exodus. I step out of Babylon—the dream of bondage clothed in fear—and enter the realm of my I AM, the inner commander that sings redemption into reality. The verse bids me declare this truth to the ends of the earth, and I comply by assuming the fact that the Lord hath redeemed His servant in me, now. Jacob's deliverance is my own awakening to divine nature; I am redeemed not by outward acts but by the conscious recognition that God is within. The desert represents a moment when my mind thirsts for supply, yet with this inner exodus I discover that thirst is merely a signal to reorient my attention. The rock becomes not a stone but my persistent consciousness; when I strike it with unwavering faith, waters gush forth—clarity, inspiration, and abundance flowing through my being. There is no real thirst where the I AM abides; the miraculous is the natural order of awareness, and I am led by that inner spring into a life of fullness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, name a limiting belief as your Babylon, and imagine stepping out with a song of the I AM. Then declare, 'I am redeemed now,' and feel an inner stream of abundance flowing through you.