Neville Goddard on Isaiah 53:7-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 53 in context

Scripture Focus

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 53:7-12

Biblical Context

Isaiah 53:7-12 portrays a suffering servant who is oppressed and silent, bearing the sins of many, yet ultimately justified and exalted.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Isaiah’s language, the suffering servant is the inner state I inhabit when I endure pain without arguing with the old self. I am oppressed and afflicted, and yet I remain still in the I AM, letting the outer scene move while my awareness holds. When it says he opened not his mouth, I understand the power of silent consciousness under pressure—my mind may speak, but I do not reinforce the dream with resistance. He is led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb; I allow the story to unfold in me, not by struggle, but by recognizing truth in silence. The grave with the wicked and the rich points to how memory and grace mingle in my mind; yet no deceit is found in his mouth, so truth requires no defense. It pleased the LORD to bruise him, yet through this inner sacrifice my soul is seen; by the knowledge of the righteous servant I justify many—mine included. Therefore I now claim a portion with the great, recognizing that by pouring out my soul unto inner death I am numbered with the transgressors and intercede for them in my own heart.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume the state of the silent I AM under pressure, and feel the release as you justify many in your life; revise a limitation by affirming, 'I am the righteous servant, seeing salvation now.'