Neville Goddard on Isaiah 51:23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 51 in context

Scripture Focus

23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

Isaiah 51:23

Biblical Context

God says He will put the afflicters into the hands of those who oppress you, and they demand you bow down as you lay your body down before them. The passage signals a reversal: your suffering is a temporary arrangement within your inner state, not the final truth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the inner scene: every seeming oppression is a movement within your own consciousness. The 'cup' of suffering is not an outer decree but a handoff you grant to a belief that you must bow to circumstance. When you imagine others' commands as real, you reinforce a state of subjection; when you awaken to the I AM as your true self, you reverse the script. In Neville's practice, the key is to assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled: you are the one who sets the terms of your life, not the crowd that passes over you. By resting in the I AM and declaring that you govern the ground beneath your feet, you displace the credit given to oppressors and return it to your inner will. The verse becomes instruction: care for your inner state, revise the story, and let the world reflect that inner sovereignty. As you persist in this inner assumption, the sense of hindrance dissolves, providence guides you, and justice appears as your alignment with consciousness, not as an external reversal only.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and imagine the cup being handed to your old beliefs; feel the power returning to I AM and declare, I am the I AM; I govern my ground now.