Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 12:19-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 12 in context

Scripture Focus

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 12:19-20

Biblical Context

The land and its cities will become desolate as a result of violence among the people. This desolation serves as a sign that the LORD is present and active.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Ezekiel’s warning as a map of the mind. The land stands for your inner country, the city for your habitual thoughts; the violence spoken of is the force of fear, anger, and separation you have allowed to dwell there. When those energies run unchecked, your inner landscape becomes desolate—bread eaten with care, water drunk with astonishment—signs of a mind that cannot rest in the I AM. Yet desolation is not punishment but a spiritual weather report: it reveals where you have believed in separation and where you have forgotten your true king. The declaration that the land and the cities shall be laid waste invites you to turn your attention inward, to refuse to feed the old pictures, and to awaken to the LORD, the I AM, within. When you finally know that I am the LORD in you, the inner kingdom is restored, not by external change but by a change of state—your awareness reimagined into wholeness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the I AM is the ruler of your inner land; revise a recent moment of desolation as already healed, and feel the certainty of this new state. Hold that feeling and observe your inner landscape respond with renewed order.