Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 23:31-34 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 23 in context

Scripture Focus

31Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.

32Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

33Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

34Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 23:31-34

Biblical Context

Ez 23:31-34 shows a person taking on a sister's path and drinking a cup of judgment, sorrow, and derision. The image teaches that such cups are inner states imagined into reality.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this vision, the cup is a state of consciousness. When you 'walk in the way of thy sister,' you align your image with habitual belief—envy, idolatry, or appearances—and the I AM, the life in you, permits tasting its fruits. The 'deep and large' cup is the amplified feeling-state you choose to hold: you may feel mocked, you may drink sorrow, you may dwell in desolation as if true. Yet these are inner movements of imagination, not outer fate. The decree 'I have spoken it' is your own alchemical law in operation: by fixing attention on fear or separation you instantiate it. The remedy is inner revision: refuse the imagined cup and return to the awareness that you are one I AM, here and now. When you imagine yourself sipping a different cup—one of wholeness, joy, and unity—the old cup dissolves, and you awaken to the self-authenticating truth.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and revisit a moment you felt bound by judgment. Revise it by affirming, 'I am the I AM; I choose harmony now,' and feel that state as already real.