Neville Goddard on Isaiah 62:1-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 62 in context

Scripture Focus

1For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

2And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

3Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

5For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

7And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

8The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

9But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

10Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

11Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

12And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Isaiah 62:1-12

Biblical Context

God promises to restore Zion and Jerusalem, turning righteousness into brightness and salvation into a lamp within. The people gain a new name, protection, and a transformed inner city that radiates outward.

Neville's Inner Vision

Zion and Jerusalem are not distant lands; they are the states of my own consciousness. When I hear that God will not rest until righteousness goes forth as brightness and salvation burns like a lamp, I recognize that I am being asked to endure a shift in awareness. The light of righteousness and the lamp of salvation are the qualities I choose to inhabit in imagination until they become my habitual felt reality. As I dwell there, the Gentiles and kings appear as inner confirmations that my outer life flows from this inner state. I am renamed by the Lord — a fresh sense of self, Hephzibah, Beulah — the beloved, married to God. Watching over my walls are the inner guards, my disciplined thoughts that never rest in the present lack. I proclaim, day and night, the establishment of Jerusalem as a praise in the earth—my life beginning to reflect the kingdom within. The oath of the Lord is my assurance: I will not know hardship until I live in the salvation I have already claimed in I AM.

Practice This Now

Impose the end by assuming you are already what you seek: righteousness, salvation, and a new name within. Feel it real, and move through your day from that inner Jerusalem, letting every choice reflect the state you have assumed.