Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 16:26-29 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 16 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Ezekiel 16:26-29

Biblical Context

Ezekiel presents Israel's flirtations with foreign nations as spiritual adultery, provoking God's anger; due to these alliances, she experiences deprivation and subjugation. The passage ends in a call to recognize the true source of life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture Ezekiel’s scene as your own mental drama. The 'Egyptians' and 'Assyrians' are not persons but states of consciousness you rent for a moment—the appetite for comfort, the chase of status, the need to be seen by others. When you imagine these powers as real, you diminish the ordinary food of inner sufficiency—your daily sense of fullness—because you have handed your creation to another. The 'daughters of the Philistines' who seem ashamed of your ways are your own inner critics, kept awake by fear of rejection. The moment you refuse to starve your imagination by seeking anything outside the I AM, God’s hand is still stretched out, inviting you to see that the whoring is only separation in your mind. Return to the one source, the I AM within, and drop the chase for external allies. Practice a simple revision: 'I am one with the Source of all supply; I need no external power to be whole.' Feel it: the inner bread restored, the heart at rest, the imagination free to create beauty rather than lack.

Practice This Now

Assume for a moment: 'I am the I AM; I am whole, supplied, and safe within.' Then breathe in the feeling of fullness and let any longing for outer powers dissolve as you rest in inner certainty.