Neville Goddard on Isaiah 54:4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 54 in context

Scripture Focus

4Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

Isaiah 54:4

Biblical Context

The verse tells you to fear not and not be ashamed, promising that the shame of youth and the reproach of widowhood will be forgotten. It signals a future where such past judgments no longer define you.

Neville's Inner Vision

Fear not, for the I AM within is unstained by the past. Isaiah speaks to the state of your consciousness, not a crowd of external judgments. The 'shame of thy youth' is an old self-image; the 'reproach of thy widowhood' is a memory of lack trying to define you. Yet you are called to awareness: you are the new creation, here and now, because the I AM that you are cannot be condemned by yesterday. When you insist that your present moment is free from condemnation, you align with the decree that you shall not be put to shame. The inner correction is achieved by assuming a different inner state until the outer world reflects that truth. See yourself as one who cannot be defined by past mistakes or reproach, and allow a rising confidence to fill your days. The promise is not mere relief from fear but birth into mercy, reconciliation, and renewal—a new expression of God within you, rewriting measurements of time by the timeless I AM.