Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 16:44-52 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 16 in context

Scripture Focus

44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

45Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

46And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

47Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.

48As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

50And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

51Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

52Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Ezekiel 16:44-52

Biblical Context

From Ezekiel 16:44-52, Jerusalem is described as a daughter of a corrupt mother and sister to Samaria and Sodom, condemned for pride, abundance of idleness, and failing to help the poor. The text declares that her sins outstrip her sisters and that she must bear the shame of judgment.

Neville's Inner Vision

See in these verses not a distant ancient city, but your own inner states. The 'mother' is your present sense of self, the 'daughters' are the restless thoughts and habits that follow. When you compare yourself with others and boast of abundance or ease, you are acting as Sodom or Samaria, inviting inner drought. The Lord’s oath, 'As I live,' is the I AM within who witnesses your self-exaltation and asks for accountability. No external judge—but the states of consciousness you harbor: pride, ease, and neglect of the needy part of you. To change the scene, revise the image from self-justification to compassionate action toward your inner poor—those impulses you ignore or condemn. By seeing the mother and sisters as aspects of you, you begin the shift: you stop blaming the past and instead assume the position of the observer who can choose new feelings and actions. The inner work is to claim a new righteousness by acting in accordance with love, grounded in I AM awareness, and to let imagination reveal a kinder, truer self.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and rewrite the scene: declare, 'I am the I AM here and now; all my 'mother' and 'sisters' are parts of me, and I choose to treat them with equal love.' Then revise by imagining you have already acted with mercy toward the inner poor; feel the sense of wholeness as you breathe.