Hedges Within the Desert

Ezekiel 13:4-5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Ezekiel 13 in context

Scripture Focus

4O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
5Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
Ezekiel 13:4-5

Biblical Context

Ez 13:4-5 accuses the prophets of lax protection, likening them to foxes in the desert. It warns that without gaps and a hedge, Israel cannot stand in the day of the LORD.

Neville's Inner Vision

View Ezekiel’s rebuke as a map of your inner life. The foxes in the deserts are the roaming beliefs and restless thoughts that chip away at your focus; when you neglect the gaps, you leave a portion of your awareness unguarded. The hedge you are called to build is not a distant ritual but a steady state of attention and discipline in the I AM. The day of the LORD is not future doom but the moment your consciousness awakens to its own power and stands full, shielded by an inner boundary you chose. Prophets without gaps are not wicked so much as lazy in imagination; they forget that the kingdom is within, and that your only true defense is the alignment you continually sustain. In Neville’s terms, creation begins in mind: you are Israel when you believe you are separated from your own guard, you are defeated. But you can revise this by assuming the finished hedge is already in place and feeling the confident peace that comes with it. The task, then, is to dwell in that end-state until it dawns as your living reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In a quiet moment, assume you have already built the hedge and the gaps are closed; feel the shelter of your inner wall and the calm, watchful presence of the I AM surrounding you.

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