Inner Fire of Truth
Isaiah 9:17-18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Isaiah 9 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The passage speaks of a people under judgment, where hypocrisy and evildoing persist and wickedness burns like a growing fire. It signals that true justice and mercy require a shift in inner states.
Neville's Inner Vision
Imagine the Lord not as a distant judge but as your own I AM—your constant awareness. In this reading, 'no joy in their young men' becomes the awareness that vitality is not wasted on egoic drama; 'no mercy on the fatherless and widows' shows you cannot claim true power while neglecting your vulnerable states within. 'Every mouth speaks folly' points to the habit of unconscious chatter that reinforces a false self. The 'hand stretched out' of anger is your stubborn resistance to change, a future tense that never arrives because you have not chosen a new inner state. The fire that devours briars and thorns is the restless energy of old beliefs feeding on separation; it climbs like smoke because the mind refuses to yield to a higher order of consciousness. But you can turn and revise by recognizing that you are the I AM imagining a different outcome. When you assume a state of pure awareness—mercy, justice, and truth—the outer events mirror that inward fire, consuming the old briars and birthing a forest of goodwill.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and embody I AM—awareness itself—by repeating 'I am mercy now' until it feels real, then revise a recent judgment or fear as if you are the cause and the solution. See the scene transform as the inner fire cleanses briars of old belief and flowers into a forest of peace.
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