Neville Goddard on Isaiah 49:17-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 49 in context

Scripture Focus

17Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

18Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

19For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

20The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

21Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

Isaiah 49:17-21

Biblical Context

Desolate places will be filled as the return of the people is promised; destroyers depart and a new generation arises. The text invites you to see your inner space becoming spacious with life when you awaken to restoration.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, Isaiah is speaking to your inner state. The waste and desolation are not external ruins but your old sense of lack. When the verse says thy children shall gather and thou shalt clothe thee with them, understand: the 'children' are your fresh ideas, renewed energy, opportunities that you have imagined into being. Lift up thine eyes round about, not with the natural gaze, but with the inner gaze that sees imagination as cause. As I live, saith the LORD, your assumption creates the world; you shall clothe yourself with them, ornamenting your sense of self with possession and joy. The land which was too narrow becomes spacious as the inhabitants—your thoughts and feelings—return from exile. The question 'Who hath begotten me these?' dissolves when you realize you are the I AM that conceived them. You are not left alone; you are the solo parent of all these manifestations. So dwell in the certainty that your present sight is shifting from lack to plenitude through the continued act of imagining.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I am restored and surrounded by my own children.' Feel the garment of abundance being placed on you; dwell there for five minutes, then act from that state.