Neville Goddard on Isaiah 56:9-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 56 in context

Scripture Focus

9All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

10His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

11Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Isaiah 56:9-11

Biblical Context

The passage shows leaders as blind, ignorant watchmen and greedy shepherds who chase their own gain. It calls for inner discernment and faithful purpose.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the text, every 'watchman' is a state of consciousness presiding over your thoughts and decisions. When they are blind and greedy, you do not see the true movement of the inner life; you allow devouring thoughts and external cravings to run your day. The beasts of the field come to devour as your attention is scattered by desire and fear. Yet your I AM—your steady awareness—remains untouched by the mob. The remedy is simple: assume a new state where the watchman is awake, discerning, and faithful. Revise the belief that your security lies in wealth or status; instead, fix your attention on the awareness that you are the observer, the shepherd, who understands your own heart. Feel the reality of a watchman who can bark with truth, who cannot be bribed by gain, and who leads your life with discernment. In this shift, the external conditions no longer govern you, for you have reoriented your inner governance to align with truth and faithful living.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and declare, 'I am the watchman who sees.' Feel the I AM as a constant presence and revise your sense of gain from external abundance to inner alignment; let your awareness govern your day.