Neville Goddard on Ezra 10:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 10 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

2And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

3Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

4Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

5Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

6Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

Ezra 10:1-6

Biblical Context

Ezra prays and confesses, weeping before the house of God, and a large gathering of people joins in the sorrow. They vow to covenant with God to put away foreign wives and follow the law, with Ezra guiding them in courage and resolve.

Neville's Inner Vision

Ezra’s outward lament is the inner drama of consciousness awakening. When he prays and confesses with weeping, the I AM in you takes possession of the moment and gathers a vast assembly of your faculties in one purpose. The 'house of God' becomes your central awareness, and the 'strange wives' are thoughts and habits that do not belong to your true covenant with the law of your being. The call to make a covenant to put away these spouses is a decision of alignment: you choose a standard by which every impulse, mood, and distraction is measured. The 'counsel of my lord' and the fear of breaking the commandment point to the inner guidance that knows what ought to be kept and what must be released. Ezra's rise, the oath of the Levites, and his own mourning silence all signify a turning from old consciousness to a disciplined, purified state. This is not punishment but the creation of a clear habitat for the divine to reign. In you, once you consent to this inner covenant, miracles of order and peace begin to appear.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume you have entered a new inner covenant with the I AM; visualize letting go of a distraction or habit as if shedding a weight. Then feel the firm decision—'Arise; be of good courage'—and allow the renewed inner order to fill your life.