Neville Goddard on Isaiah 7:15-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 7 in context

Scripture Focus

15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

16For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

17The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

19And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.

20In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

21And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

22And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

Isaiah 7:15-22

Biblical Context

The passage speaks of a time when a child will learn to refuse evil and choose good; until that time, the land's kingship and security are unsettled, and afterwards abundance returns.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the sign of the child is the dawning state of awareness that can distinguish good from evil. Butter and honey are not merely food; they symbolize the nurturance of a new habit of consciousness—the realization that you can refuse the old and choose the good in every moment. The line about the child knowing before the land's upheaval means your inner self does not need external conditions to confirm itself; as you awaken, the outer world will move in response to your clarified state. The hissing for the fly and the bee represents subtle thoughts and projections that once ruled you; with imagination you shave away old identifications and cut away bondage. As you persist in the feeling of the new state—sustained nourishment of milk, butter, and honey—you enact abundance and safety that come from a disciplined consciousness. Your present circumstances reflect the inner act of choosing, not the other way around.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and assume the day has arrived when you know to refuse evil and choose good; feel the nourishment of butter and honey as the sustenance of your new state, and repeat, 'I Am that I Am, I choose the good,' until it is real.