Neville Goddard on Zechariah 13:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Zechariah 13 in context

Scripture Focus

1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

2And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

3And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

4And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

5But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

6And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

Zechariah 13:1-6

Biblical Context

The passage describes a future moment when a fountain cleanses sin and uncleanness; idols are removed, false prophets are exposed, and old pretenses fall away.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the day Zechariah foresees not a violent upheaval, but the turning of your own mind. The fountain opened to the house of David and Jerusalem is the liberating awareness that sins and uncleanness are only beliefs in consciousness you can replace. Idols are the old symbols you worship—money, status, fear, or external authority—that you willingly erase from your inner land. When the land is purged of the unclean spirit and the false prophets, it is you, not history, that is being cleared. The prophets who prophesy and the shame that follows their deceit are your mistaken thoughts about what is real; they are the disguises you once wore to hide your true nature. The declaration, 'I am no prophet, I am a husbandman,' signals a new vocational identity within consciousness: you are not predicting the future but tending the present inner field. The wounds on the hands reveal the marks of your past alignments with friends and institutions; they become tokens of lessons learned as your mind heals.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine a fountain opening in your chest; as you breathe, see the idols fade and the prophets depart from your inner land; then affirm I am the gardener of my life and feel yourself tending the inner garden.