Neville Goddard on Isaiah 5:8-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 5 in context

Scripture Focus

8Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

9In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

10Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

13Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

14Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

15And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

16But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

19That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Isaiah 5:8-23

Biblical Context

The passage warns against greed, hoarding, and revelry that ignore the work of the LORD, leading to desolation. It frames exile as a consequence of spiritual ignorance.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your external world is never at odds with you; it is a mirror of your inner state. When you cling to house and field and seek to place yourself above others, you are rehearsing a belief in separation from the I AM that sustains you. The desolate houses and barren vineyards are the mind’s lyric of scarcity when you trust revenue and reputation more than your own consciousness. The feasts of harp and wine show a heart chasing sensation while forgetting the Lord’s handiwork within you. The exile described is not a geography but the mind’s estrangement from God’s order: knowledge of self faded, honor dulled, thirst unquenched. Yet the text announces a correction: the LORD will be exalted in your judgment when you sanctify righteousness in your inner sight. Then you will find your natural abundance returned—the lambs feed, the waste places recover, and the stranger eats where pomp once stood. The invitation is simple: awaken to the truth that you are the I AM, and that imagination is the instrument by which you revise the inner weather that becomes outer life.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, rest in I AM as abundance, and assume the feeling of perfect provision. Revise any sense of lack until it feels real, then notice the outer life aligning with your inner state.