Neville Goddard on Isaiah 52:13-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 52 in context

Scripture Focus

13Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

14As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

Isaiah 52:13-14

Biblical Context

Isaiah 52:13-14 speaks of a servant who is exalted after enduring hardship, while outward appearances reveal suffering; the inner ascent contrasts with the visible wounds.

Neville's Inner Vision

Behold the inner I speaks: the servant represents your own consciousness, which through disciplined imagination shall be prudent and rise. The apparent astonishment outward conditions - the marred visage and the form - are not the truth of you; they are the outward manifestations of a mind clinging to its old state. As you persist in a new state of awareness, the inner movement toward prudence and exaltation unfolds; the world may gasp, but the inner self is already very high. The paradox is that suffering is not punishment but the raw material from which your dream of fulfillment is refined. When you refuse to identify with the visible condition and instead embody the state I am exalted, you reverse the outward appearance; you are the architect of your own ascent. The key is not to battle the world but to assume and feel the reality of the end in the present moment. Your feeling of being already exalted completes the transformation; the outer becomes a natural echo of your inner decree.