Beauty for Ashes Within

Isaiah 61:3-5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Isaiah 61 in context

Scripture Focus

3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Isaiah 61:3-5

Biblical Context

Isaiah 61:3–5 promises that God replaces mourning with beauty, joy, and praise, transforming desolation into a field of righteousness planted by the Lord.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this text, mourning is an inner state, not a fate. The I AM awakens in you as the power to reframe your entire scene. Beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for heaviness are inner revisions, invitations to feel a new atmosphere rather than seek it from outside. When you imagine yourself as a tree of righteousness, planted by the LORD, you acknowledge your true nature as a living instrument of divine imagination. The old wastes you see in your life are merely beliefs awaiting revision; to raise them up, you must dwell in the feeling of being already renewed. As you continue, strangers and alien ones do not threaten your life but symbolize larger streams of supply and support arising within your consciousness, feeding your flocks and tending your vines. Stay with the feeling that your inner city is restored, and your outer circumstances will follow the inner order you have accepted.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the state of being a 'tree of righteousness' planted by the LORD. Then revise one sorrow by declaring, 'Beauty for ashes; oil of joy for mourning; garment of praise in place of heaviness,' letting that felt sense linger for a few minutes.

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