Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 13:18-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 13 in context

Scripture Focus

18And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

19And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?

Ezekiel 13:18-19

Biblical Context

The passage condemns those who cloak manipulation in ritual and promise, trading people’s souls for worldly bread. It shows how deceit corrupts faith and damages true life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the figures in your own mind as inner dispositions rather than external people. The pillows and kerchiefs become habits that cover your arms and eyes, restricting action and hunting souls by comforting lies. The handfuls of barley and pieces of bread are not food but definitions and rewards the world offers to keep you from waking to your I AM. In truth, the soul is not saved by lies; you simply forget who you are. Ezekiel asks whether you will pollute the I AM within you for temporary gain. The remedy is a simple reversal: withdraw identification from the outward rites and the hunger for approval, and return to the immediate awareness that you are the I AM. When you assume that truth, the deceptive devices dissolve, and life surges back as breath in your chest. Your inner landscape reorganizes so that the "hunt" ends and genuine life is felt as present, continuous, and real.

Practice This Now

Imaginatively, declare I AM as your only reality and feel it real now. Then rest in that awareness, letting the desire for bread fade as you breathe in the truth of your being.