Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 16:7-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 16 in context

Scripture Focus

7I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

9Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

10I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

11I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

12And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

13Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

14And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 16:7-14

Biblical Context

God elevates the beloved from nakedness to beauty, clothing, and adornments. He covers, cleanses, and seals a covenant that makes her His.

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember, the language is your own inner life. God is the I AM, and to Ezekiel's 'thee' is your awareness when it awakens to itself. When I pass by thee and spread my skirt over thee, I am inviting you into a conscious shelter—an inner vow that you are mine, that you are maintained by grace. The washing with water, the anointing, the clothing of linen and silk—these are not outward fashions but states of mind: clarity, courage, trust, generous perception. The ornaments, bracelets, crown, and jewel signify the faculties you have chosen to adorn your life with: imagination, faith, love, discernment. The 'gold and silver' raiment and the feast of flour, honey, oil symbolize abundance as your inner disposition. And the truth that your renown goes forth among the nations is the outward proof of an inward comeliness, a beauty perfected by the comeliness God has placed upon you. The moment you accept this as real in imagination, you begin to live as the kingdom you already are.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume you are already adorned with gold and fine linen in your inner life; feel the I AM covering your nakedness with a sense of safety. Close your eyes, repeat 'I am that I am,' and dwell in the feeling of having a covenant-keeping, abundance-filled self now.