Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 17:12-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 17 in context

Scripture Focus

12Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

13And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

14That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

15But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

16As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

17Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:

18Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

19Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

20And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

21And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.

22Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:

Ezekiel 17:12-22

Biblical Context

The passage shows Babylon taking Jerusalem's king and nobles, breaking a covenant, and judgment falling. A future shoot from the cedar promises restoration and a return to the land.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine you are addressing a rebellious house within you. The king of Babylon is not a distant empire but a wave of fear, pride, or self-chosen politics you think will 'save' you. When you claim your seed is taken, and covenant made, you are merely agreeing with a story about your identity. The judgment that follows is simply the inner consequence of clinging to an oath that no longer serves you. The phrase I live, declares the Lord God, binds you to a living law of consciousness: you always reap in your own head what you have virtually decreed in your heart. The base of the kingdom is the moment you forget your true center; the promise is that a new shoot, a tender one, will arise on a high place—your renewed awareness, a higher perspective unshaken by outward events. Your task is not external reform but the inner act of covenant-keeping: hold to a vision that you are already restored, and the outer storm will bow to your inner assurance.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the stance I am the one who kept the covenant, feel the tender shoot rising on a high mountain, and dwell there in sensed reality for a minute.