Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 16:15-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 16 in context

Scripture Focus

15But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.

16And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

17Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,

18And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

19My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.

20Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,

21That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?

22And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.

Ezekiel 16:15-22

Biblical Context

Ezekiel 16:15-22 presents a symbolic figure who trusts in beauty and renown, then turns to idolatry, using God’s gifts to adorn idols and indulge her desires. The passage shows how outward allure can supplant covenant loyalty and invite judgment.

Neville's Inner Vision

From a Neville vantage, the woman is a state of consciousness that trusts surface beauty and social praise more than the I AM within. The beauty and garments are not literal finery but mental images you prize, the self-image you clothe with ever-changing colors, the high places decorated by approval-seeking thoughts. The 'images of men' are idols formed by imagination when you forget that God is your awareness. You pour out nourishment and incense before them when you rely on external forms to satisfy longing rather than on the inner I AM. The nourishment God provided—fine flour, oil, honey—becomes misdirected, offered to substitutes, until you question what you are worshiping. The brutal moment—sacrificing your sons and daughters—maps the ruin when a belief is given power to kill your sense of life by projecting it into the world. This is not punishment but revelation: awaken to the days of youth when you were naked in truth. Return to inner fidelity: recognize that your true beauty is consciousness, not circumstance, and let your awareness instantiate your world.

Practice This Now

Impose an inner revision now: declare I AM as your sole reality and revise the self-image from pride to loyal covenant. Spend a few minutes feeling the nourishment of awareness renewing your sense of self.