Neville Goddard on Isaiah 50:2-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 50 in context

Scripture Focus

2Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Isaiah 50:2-3

Biblical Context

In Isaiah 50:2-3, God asks why no one answered his call, asserts he can redeem and deliver, and describes his power over nature; the imagery shows divine capability and the need for response.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider these lines as a mirror of your own inner state. The 'I' that asks 'Wherefore, when I came, was there no man?' is your consciousness waking to a need or desire. When you call in imagination, respond within; God’s rebuke of the sea and drying rivers is the movement of boundaries you set in mind—limitations that dry up when you return to the I AM. The 'power to redeem' is not an external gift but your awareness choosing to align with the idea that you are already delivered. The cloak of heaven becoming sackcloth signals mood, weather, and circumstance shifting at the level of consciousness when you believe in your own inner sovereignty. You are not waiting for God on the outside; you are the I AM calling, and your task is to answer from the assumption that you are whole, able, and now delivering. So, the external scenes—sea, rivers, skies—these are inner states that yield when you dwell in the felt reality of the solution, not the problem.

Practice This Now

Practice: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and affirm— 'I am the I AM.' Assume the feeling that your call is answered now, and revise any sense of lack by imagining a scene where the sea dries and your path clears, delivered by your own inner power.