Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 21:9-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 21 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Ezekiel 21:9-12

Biblical Context

Ezekiel says a sword is sharpened and furbished to bring judgment on the people and on Israel's princes. The passage ends with a cry to lament rather than celebrate.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the sword not as steel, but as your own consciousness, the I AM that severs the old, comforting stories you tell about yourself. The sharpening and flashing are the moments when belief meets its limit, when a new inner order demands allegiance. The sword is given to the slayer—identifications and fears you have long worshiped—so that it may be handed to you as the instrument of your own awakening. When the call says 'cry and howl,' listen not as punishment but as invitation: your inner self is rousing you from sleep. The terror that arises is the impulse of God within, testing your readiness to surrender control and to reform your imagined boundaries. In this sense, the 'rod' is your inner authority, not a weapon against others but a tool to refine your own consciousness. If you imagine yourself as the one who commands the sword, you realize that all danger comes from misalignment, and all order comes from aligning with the I AM that you are.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, rest in the I AM, and assume 'I am the discerner of my life, now.' Imagine the inner sword dissolving fear and old identities as you breathe out, feeling a steady, luminous certainty.