Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 4:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 4 in context

Scripture Focus

1Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

2And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

3Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 4:1-3

Biblical Context

God instructs Ezekiel to lay out a tile, depict Jerusalem, and enact a siege with walls and ramps as a sign to Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

Take the tile as your present awareness; Jerusalem is the center of your inner life. The siege that Ezekiel performs is not about neighbors it is about your own mind locking onto a belief. The iron wall between you and the city represents fixed assumptions that separate you from your true flourishing. The ramp, camp, and battering rams signify the persistent movements of thought that defend an image you wish to prove. When you observe this, you learn that every external circumstance is only a mirror of your inner state, and every sign can be reversed through assumption. The sign given to Israel is your invitation to turn from struggle to acknowledgement: you are the I AM behind all structures, and imagination is the builder. By choosing to imagine the city as already yours and by feeling the reality of that state, you can dissolve the siege and let the walls melt back into peace. The siege becomes a litmus test: where is your focus, and who is the one who commands the scene—the I AM or the fear?

Practice This Now

Choose a goal and picture it as Jerusalem upon the tile; surround it with the siege image, then revise with a felt sense: I AM, this city is mine now.