Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 12:17-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 12 in context

Scripture Focus

17Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

18Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;

19And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.

20And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 12:17-20

Biblical Context

Ezekiel is told that he must eat and drink with fear so the land and its cities will become desolate, demonstrating to the people that the LORD is present and in control.

Neville's Inner Vision

Fear and trembling in Ezekiel’s feast are not about a distant punishment but about your own state of consciousness. The bread eaten with quaking and the water drunk with trembling symbolize beliefs and feelings that you entertain from a mindset of lack. The desolation of the land and the waste of the cities signify the collapse of those inner scripts when you identify with fear. The declaration that 'I am the LORD' becomes a present, experiential knowing—the I AM awakening within you. As you permit the inner desolation to reveal the true state of awareness, you discover that the signs of life and order begin not in the world outside, but in your own consciousness shifting from fear to trust. The Lord within you is the transforming power that turns a barren inner landscape into a kingdom alive with purpose. The message is internal: when you assume the divine state, the outer appearance follows in harmony with that inner truth.

Practice This Now

Assume the state now: feel yourself as the I AM, nourished not by trembling but by unwavering certainty; picture the desolate land becoming alive as you hold the feeling of 'I AM' as your actual condition.