Neville Goddard on Isaiah 48:9-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 48 in context

Scripture Focus

9For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

10Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

11For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.

12Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

13Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

14All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

Isaiah 48:9-14

Biblical Context

God says He defers anger and refines His people through the furnace of affliction to preserve His name and glory. He declares Himself as the First and the Last, the Creator behind all, inviting attention to His guidance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Read as Neville would, these lines are a map of your inner weather. The name’s sake and the refusal to be polluted are not about distant history but your daily self-awareness. When you say, in inner conviction, that you are the I AM, the anger you feel is not the enemy but fuel for refinement; you are being refined not by coin, but by the furnace of affliction, a mental heat that burns away the images you have of yourself as separate or lacking. The declaration, For mine own sake I will do it, means your true self will perform its perfect work for the sake of keeping the name intact—the awareness that you are the source and end of your world. You are invited to hear and to assemble yourselves, because the world you see is the outer echo of an inner order you can align with now. The Lord’s hand laid the foundation and spans the heavens as symbols of the steadfast I AM you awaken to. In this moment, you are being called back to the one self that never left the throne of your consciousness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In the next minute, close your eyes and declare I AM the First and the Last; I defer anger and let this experience refine me. Feel the heat as a purifying light and imagine the world rearranging to reflect your unpolluted self.