Neville Goddard on Isaiah 53:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 53 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Isaiah 53:3-5

Biblical Context

Isaiah 53:3-5 describes a despised figure who bears grief and sorrow, and through this suffering, healing and peace become available to those who align with it; the passage points to inner transformation rather than external punishment.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard spirit, the despised and afflicted figure is not merely a distant servant but a projection of your own inner state. You are the I AM, and the faces of rejection and sorrow you perceive reflect a belief in separation from your true nature. The lines about bearing griefs and carrying sorrows reveal that you have mentally assumed pain as yours; the moment you recognize that the 'chastisement' of peace is a misalignment within you, you may revise. Healing—‘by his stripes we are healed’—is the inward alignment with wholeness, not a punishment endured by another. This is a call to awaken to your imaginative power: imagine yourself already reconciled, already at peace, and already whole. When you dwell in that state, the outer world responds as a mirror to your inner conviction. The passage invites you to abandon the illusion of separation and to claim the restoration that comes from the I AM’s unity with all life, here and now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare the state: 'I AM healed, I AM reconciled, I AM loved.' Feel that peace as your present reality and revise your inner narrative until your world reflects this healed consciousness.