Neville Goddard on Zechariah 9:1-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Zechariah 9 in context

Scripture Focus

1The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.

2And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

3And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

4Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

6And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

8And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

12Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

13When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

14And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

15The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

16And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

Zechariah 9:1-17

Biblical Context

Zechariah 9:1-17 foresees judgment upon surrounding nations, the appearance of a humble yet victorious king, and the blessing of peace, redemption, and restoration for Zion.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice the scene as a mirror for your own consciousness: the Lord’s word rolls toward Hadrach and Damascus, not as distant history but as conditions in your mind when you refuse to look away from the vision of your own higher Lord. The king who comes “lowly, and riding upon an ass” is not a conquest but a rising of quiet strength within your I AM. When your eyes are toward the LORD, your inner city becomes Zion; the kingdoms you feared—Ephraim, Gaza, Ashdod—lose their grip as you stop feeding them with doubt and instead feed your imagination with the witness of peace. The blood of thy covenant denotes the guaranteed, inner contract you hold with your own divinity. Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: this invitation to seek shelter in the fortress of awareness where double blessing awaits. The verse’s promise of dominion “from sea to sea” is your inner map from universal possibility to realized life. Embody the king now, and the outward world must follow.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine you are the humble King entering your life; sit in that state of readiness, feeling consciousness as the kingdom arriving.