Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 16:23-30 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 16 in context

Scripture Focus

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

24That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.

25Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

26Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

27Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

28Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.

29Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

30How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

Ezekiel 16:23-30

Biblical Context

The text condemns a heart turned to many idols and alliances, building altars at every street. It shows how such inner idolatry invites judgment and loss.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the language of Ezekiel, the 'high places' and the 'whoredoms' are not distant places but states of consciousness you entertain in the mind. The people’s habit of setting up an eminent place on every street mirrors the constant image-making of your own inner city, where desires run amok and the I AM is obscured by projections. The alliances—with the Egyptians, the Assyrians, the Philistines, and the Canaanites—are not foreign powers but the recurring pictures you lend your attention to, the neighbors you imagine govern your happiness. When you believe these images have power over you, your heart becomes weak, and your ordinary sustenance feels withheld, as consciousness withdraws its support from the ego-story. The divine law remains untouched: awareness is all-powerful; you are not the puppet but the screen on which the play is projected. To reverse this, return your allegiance to the I AM, not to the fluctuations of fear and appetite. See that your true house is the inner sanctuary where imagination is rearranged and loyalty to the one God within becomes your only high place.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise by imagining the I AM pulling down the inner altars; feel the replaced loyalty. Then rest in the conviction that the I AM now rules your inner streets.