Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 16:2-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 16 in context

Scripture Focus

2Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.

4And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

5None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

Ezekiel 16:2-5

Biblical Context

Jerusalem in Ezekiel stands for the inner self. The passage exposes neglect and vulnerability and invites a renewed inner birth through awareness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of Ezekiel 16:2-5 as a message to your consciousness. Jerusalem is the living center of your inner life—an inner city whose birth has been left to neglect. The 'abominations' are not crimes but patterns of thought that do not line up with your real nature. The envoy, 'Son of man,' is your I AM, waking you to what your inner state has tolerated. In this vision, birth unwashed and unprotected signifies the mind exposed to fear and lack of care when awareness is paused. The remedy is not blame, but a conscious revision by imagination. You are not abandoned; you are invited to wash in the waters of awareness, to salt with discernment, to swaddle yourself in divine love, to be tended by the I AM. By practicing a simple revision, you acknowledge past neglect and replace it with present assurance. Let the I AM become the mother and father of your inner city, and let your imaginative faith declare that your true nativity is now, here, and forever, renewed by awareness and committed to love.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit in silence and assume: 'I am the I AM; my inner Jerusalem is born again and cared for by divine love.' Visualize washing, salting with discernment, and swaddling in light, then rest in that feeling.