Neville Goddard on Isaiah 53:1-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 53 in context

Scripture Focus

1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Isaiah 53:1-12

Biblical Context

The passage speaks of a Servant who bears our griefs and transgressions, is wounded for our sins, and by his suffering brings healing, forgiveness, and justification to many.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, you are that which the prophet speaks of—the Servant who bears griefs and carries sorrows, yet is the hidden I AM in you. View the arm of the LORD not as distant power, but as your own awakened awareness revealing what you already are. The tender plant growing before the Father is the self you awaken to when you refuse to identify with fear and pain. The suffering described is not external punishment but the inner discipline by which old states are loosened and new consciousness takes root. He bears our iniquities, he is wounded for our transgressions, so that by knowledge of your true nature you justify many; healing is the natural consequence of acceptance. As you identify with this consciousness, you move from doubt to trust, from separation to unity, and the divine plan unfolds through your life. Your life is the story of the Servant as you awaken to I AM and claim your freedom through belief made real in imagination.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume you are the Servant within; feel the arm of the LORD as your own awareness and declare that healing is already yours.