Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 21:1-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 21 in context

Scripture Focus

1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

3And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

4Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

5That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

6Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

7And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 21:1-7

Biblical Context

Ezekiel speaks judgment against the land and commands a prophetic act. Symbolically, the inner self is exposed to awareness so consciousness may realign.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, Ezekiel’s call becomes a domestic awakening. The word of the LORD arrives as I AM speaking in your consciousness, turning your inner Jerusalem toward truth. The sword drawn from its sheath is not violence but the instrument of imagination and discernment that reveals every belief in flux. When the Lord declares, Behold, I am against thee, imagine that the old self and its defenses are being exposed to awareness so they may dissolve. This sword moves through all flesh—from the depths to the heights of your mind—so that the entire field knows the sovereignty of I AM. The instruction to sigh with breaking loins invites you to release resistance and contract, to feel the emotions you have kept hidden. Then comes the tidings: change is coming, your heart melting, your limbs relaxing, your will reoriented. It is not punishment but invitation into a more luminous alignment, a truth that shall not return to former fear but remain as your enduring sense of being.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, assume you are already living with inner Jerusalem secured, and say I AM as your reality; reverse fear by imagining the sword of awareness cutting away old beliefs, then feel a new certainty rising in you.