Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 14:9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 14 in context

Scripture Focus

9And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Ezekiel 14:9

Biblical Context

The passage states that if a prophet is deceived in what he speaks, the LORD deceives that prophet and will remove him from among Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the 'prophet' is a thought-form you take as true. When that thought speaks as if it were God’s word, and you are convinced by its beauty or power, you become the deceived prophet. The 'I the LORD' is your own I AM, the awareness behind every image. When you cling to a vision born of fear or ego, you are not free; your inner God permits a temporary pressure to surface the deception so that you may witness it and not be ruled by it. The decree to 'destroy him from the midst of my people Israel' is not punishment from without, but the cleansing of your center—the removal of the false voice from your field of reality. As you feel the truth of your own I AM more intensely, the old prophetic voice vanishes from the crowd of your thoughts, and you remain in the company of your true self. This is how the text teaches discernment: when a mental image cannot stand the light of awareness, it is dissolved by the I AM and you walk steady in your kingdom.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and rest in the I AM as a bright, quiet presence. In your own words, declare, 'I am the true voice within,' and picture the old, deceptive image dissolving into light, leaving you rooted in your inner kingdom.