Neville Goddard on Isaiah 51:14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 51 in context

Scripture Focus

14The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

Isaiah 51:14

Biblical Context

The captive exile longs to be released from confinement. He fears dying in the pit and that his bread may fail.

Neville's Inner Vision

The exile is a state of consciousness under pressure. The 'pit' stands for limitation accepted as real, and the cry for release signals a shift in awareness. In Neville’s terms, the I AM within you declares a deliverance already accomplished in imagination. This verse invites a revision of being: when you mentally assume the feeling of liberty, the sense of being loosed replaces the sense of being bound. Hunger becomes the longing for fulfillment within your inner kingdom—when you do not die in the pit, you discover the world responds to your new posture of consciousness. The 'hastening' is the urgent, ongoing choice to live from the end: you are already loosed; you possess bread that cannot fail; the pit dissolves as you accept this new reality in your feeling-reality. Salvation appears not as an external event but as a reorientation of self; perseverance becomes the steady practice of dwelling in the risen sense of being.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume: 'I am already loosed; the pit is behind me; my bread fails no more.' Then feel the relief and rest in this end-state, letting it radiate through your body.