Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 16:16-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 16 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

23And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the LORD GOD;)

Ezekiel 16:16-23

Biblical Context

Ezekiel 16:16-23 describes turning God’s gifts into idols—decorating high places, forming images, and offering food and incense to them—culminating in the sacrifice of children. It ends with a warning of woe for this idolatrous conduct and a reminder of past youth and vulnerability.

Neville's Inner Vision

In your mind’s theater, the garments are your beliefs, the high places your preferred positions, and the divers colours the desires you clothe around you. The fair jewels of gold and silver are the gifts you have received and now use to fashion images you worship as power apart from the Whole. When you set oil and incense before those idols you are worshipping craving itself rather than your eternal Self. The fine flour, oil, and honey are the feedings of attention you offer to illusion, turning presence into a sweet savour for a mind that forgets its unity. The sons and daughters sacrificed are the dreams you sacrifice on the altar of appearances, and the woe you hear is the inward reminder that consciousness has wandered from its source. Yet this is not judgment from outside; it is the inner consequence of listening to images instead of the I AM. Return to the One, revise the scene, and let your inner state reflect true worship within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the I AM as your sole reality. Revise the scene by removing the idols, and feel the inner oil and incense as calm, abiding presence.