Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 21:6-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 21 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

8Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

9Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

10It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.

11And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

12Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

13Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

14Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.

Ezekiel 21:6-14

Biblical Context

Ezekiel is told to sigh as a sign of coming judgment; a sharp sword signifies threatened slaughter; the people will tremble and rulers be exposed; the prophet is commanded to prophesy and to strike his hands, signaling the intensification of judgment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, hear Ezekiel as the compass of your I AM. The sigh with breaking loins is the emotional surrender to a fixed belief you have long entertained; when that belief yields, the inner temple trembles because a new truth is born. The tidings arrive as a vision of change—hearts melt, knees weaken—precisely to wake you to the power you wield within. The sword, sharpened and glittering, is your decision of consciousness. It cuts through hesitation and makes the rod of limitation appear as an old image you can lay down. The sword is given to the slayer within you—your disciplined imagination—so that you may handle it bravely. Cry and howl, for fear is a signal to assert; prophesy and strike your hands together, as your I AM commands, to seal the decree. Let the sword be doubled a third time—threefold conviction—until the old ruling ideas lie slain, and their private chambers yield to a new sovereignty. In that inner victory, exile ends and return begins, as I AM redraws the script of your life by present decree.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, place a hand on your heart, and declare, 'I AM the ruler of my inner world; this new state is already true.' Then dwell in the feeling of that truth for a minute, repeating it three times today to seal it in the subconscious.