Neville Goddard on Isaiah 57:6-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 57 in context

Scripture Focus

6Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

7Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

8Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

9And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

10Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

Isaiah 57:6-10

Biblical Context

Isaiah 57:6-10 condemns reliance on external stones, high places, and ritual offerings, exposing a heart chasing comfort outside the true God. It warns that true solace and hope are found in the inner covenant with the I AM, not in outward acts or self-willed paths.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through Neville's lens, the 'stones of the stream,' the 'lofty bed,' and the 'ointment' are your inner habits—the mind's attempts to fix comfort in forms. The smooth stones symbolize settled beliefs that you pour offerings to—hope tied to rituals, status tokens, or external approval. The high mountain bed represents a self-image perched above inner life, a covenant you imagine with distant powers rather than with the I AM. The doors and posts mark the secret compartments of remembrance, where you keep yourself attached to a other-than-God notion. Going to the king with ointment and perfumes is the ego's chase for admiration, and the descent toward hell is the consequence of living by appearances rather than truth. You may weary yourself in such ways, yet still cling to a private sense of life through the hand's doings. The message is not judgment but a redirection: awaken to the realization that your life is not sustained by outward acts, but by the living I AM within. In this moment, you can revise by turning your entire devotion inward, aligning imagination with divine possibility rather than with idols.

Practice This Now

Imaginatively, assume 'I am the I AM' as your sole temple and covenant. Feel it real by watching the outward rituals dissolve into light, and rest in the inner comfort of awareness that never leaves you.