Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 3:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 3 in context

Scripture Focus

5For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

6Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

Ezekiel 3:5-6

Biblical Context

The verse states Ezekiel is sent to the house of Israel, not to distant peoples; it suggests the true audience of any calling is your own inner state, your familiar consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you lies the house of Israel—the established state of consciousness you already inhabit. The ‘strange speech’ and ‘hard language’ are the unfamiliar voices of limitation, fear, and doubt that pretend to command your life. God, the I AM, is the awareness that can reform the world by reforming its ruler: your sense of self. If you try to speak to distant nations with a language you do not understand, you will be met with non-hearing, because you have not yet addressed the one audience that matters—your inner Israel. The prophet’s commission becomes a discipline of inner alignment: your vocation begins where your awareness meets its content. Do not seek change in places or voices outside, but revise your self-image until you feel the I AM recognizing and responding to you. As you inhabit the wholeness, your words and work become natural expressions of that state; the outer world then reflects an inner, already fulfilled promise.

Practice This Now

Imaginatively assume the state: I am the house of Israel, fully listening and understood. Then feel within that your inner audience responds as you revise your self-concept toward wholeness.