Neville Goddard on Ezra 9:10-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 9 in context

Scripture Focus

10And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

11Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

12Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

13And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

14Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

15O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

Ezra 9:10-15

Biblical Context

The people confess their breach of God's commandments, acknowledge the land’s uncleanness. They vow to avoid old abominations while seeking mercy and a righteous future.

Neville's Inner Vision

Ezra 9:10-15 invites us to see the outer confession as an inward recognition of misalignment within the I AM. The land and its uncleanness symbolize thoughts and habits that polluted awareness; the plea for mercy signals a turning of consciousness back to its true sovereign state. When the question arises, “Should we again break thy commandments?” you answer from the I AM: no—alignment is your natural condition, and you stand delivered by the very act of returning to awareness. The reference to righteousness is the inner verdict of consciousness confirming that, in this moment, the self is intact and the past no longer dictates the present. Punishment becomes corrective belief rather than judgment, a reforming of image and desire. The inheritance spoken of is not land to possess but an inner freedom: the capacity to act from purity and to receive good as an immediate experience of the I AM. Thus, the feast of deliverance is a renewed sense of self at one with divine order, here and now.

Practice This Now

Assume the state of the I AM now. Repeat, 'I am kept by the I AM; I am righteous and free.' Feel the relief as if past trespasses dissolve and you stand in immediate alignment with divine law.