Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 23:23-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 23 in context

Scripture Focus

23The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

24And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.

Ezekiel 23:23-24

Biblical Context

The text speaks of Babylonian and Assyrian forces gathering to come against you, with chariots and shields; God declares a judgment that will be set before them, and they will judge you by their standards.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your Ezekiel scene is not distant war, but the inner drama of your mind. The Babylonians and Assyrians are the allied thoughts and social pressures you have allowed to stand as rulers in your consciousness. The desirable young men and the captains are the vitality and authority of an old self you still trust; their horses symbolize momentum built by imagination. The chariots, wagons, and helmets are the armor of fixed opinions and reactions that defend these beliefs against change. The statement that I will set judgment before them is a pivot: the I AM within you places a tribunal of greater love and clarity, and the old judgments measure you by their own standards until you revise them. To live the Kingdom, you must refuse their verdict and affirm a higher standard now, the awareness of your true, uncondemned identity. When you assume this new state, the outer drama dissolves into a quiet witness of your inner peace.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and picture the army marching past your inner courtroom, acknowledging these old beliefs as passing forms, and declare that you are the judge here, judging every thought by love and peace instead of fear.