Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 9:4-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 9 in context

Scripture Focus

4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

5And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

6Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

7And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

8And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

9Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.

10And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.

Ezekiel 9:4-10

Biblical Context

God commands a mark on the faithful and a cleansing judgment on others, beginning at the sanctuary. The scene exposes inner accountability—the mind's loyalties and thoughts.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the Ezekiel scene, the city is your own consciousness and the marchers are inner movements. The 'mark' placed on the foreheads of those who sigh and cry is the unmistakable decision of awareness—the decision that this inner reality is governed by the I AM, not by fear or appetite. The decree to 'smite' those without the mark is not vengeance, but a symbolic demolition of every thought and habit that denies God in you. To begin at the sanctuary is to begin with your most sacred belief: that you are God’s image, that the Lord sees and acts through your awareness. As you allow the old, unfaithful images—blood, perverseness, defilement—to be shown and transmuted by your consciousness, the inner city is cleansed from within. When you acknowledge the iniquity and choose to recompense it with right perception, you release its hold on you. The vision invites you to stop crying over external conditions and to assume responsibility for your inner world, where you either live in judgment or in mercy.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, walk the 'city' of your mind, and claim a divine mark on the forehead of your awareness—designate mind as governed by I AM; revise any thought denying God; feel-it-real that this mark is already applied.