Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 22:12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 22 in context

Scripture Focus

12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 22:12

Biblical Context

Ezekiel 22:12 accuses a community of using gifts to shed blood and exploiting neighbors through usury and extortion, revealing a neglect of the Lord.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner theater of Ezekiel, the gifts and extortion mentioned are not separate people or markets but states of consciousness. To take gifts to shed blood is to permit thoughts that drain life for gain; usury and increase are patterns of grabbing more than is needed, born from a belief in lack. Extortion is the coercive fear that grips your neighbor and your own life, and ‘you have forgotten me’ is the reminder that you have forgotten the I AM within—the living God of your own awareness. The kingdom is not a place out there but a residence of consciousness; wealth is the vibrational tone of your inner state. When you observe yourself as separate from justice, you practice the same sin described in Ezekiel. The cure is a deliberate revision: affirm you are the I AM, wealth governed by divine order, ready to uplift rather than oppress. Feel the abundance within as you choose to bless life, and watch the outer world align with this restored memory of God within you.