Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 19:2-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 19 in context

Scripture Focus

2And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

3And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

4The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

6And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

7And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

Ezekiel 19:2-7

Biblical Context

Ezekiel 19:2-7 portrays a lioness whose cubs grow into lions, devouring prey and roaming until they are taken into exile; the passage ends with a desolate land marked by roaring.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your consciousness, the mother is habit and nurture; her whelps are the beliefs you have fed into your heart. When a state grows strong, it becomes a lion in your inner yard, learning to catch the prey of your thoughts and devouring the energy you invest in fear. The nations that hear of him symbolize the outward results you accept from that inner conviction; the pit and Egypt represent the mind-born bondage you consent to when you forget that imagination is God in you. Hope wanes, and another whelp rises; he roams among the lions, and his roar again lays waste to inner palaces until the land feels desolate. This is not judgment but a map of your inner weather. You can revise it by desiring a different governor: the I AM, the awareness that remains unmoved by roars. Assume the state of sovereign ruler now: I am the Lord of this inner land, I govern by love and wisdom. When you feel it-real, the roars collapse, the desolation yields to a quiet kingdom, and you begin to rebuild from within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit a few minutes and revise the scene. In your mind, the lioness is your inner guardian, not a tyrant; declare 'I AM' and feel the sovereignty here and now. Visualize the land becoming fertile and the roaring fading into a steady, protective breath.