Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 17:13-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 17 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Ezekiel 17:13-21

Biblical Context

The passage shows a king forming a covenant and oath, then breaking it by seeking Egypt for strength; as a result, he and his fugitives face judgment and exile.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the mind, the king is your dominant state of consciousness. He makes a covenant with a trusted aspect of himself—the kingly seed—and swears an oath to stand, to keep balance, to mature under a common law. Then he turns outward for power, sending ambassadors to Egypt for horses and troops, as if external might could secure inner sovereignty. The moment you turn away from your I AM and seek Egypt for strength, the inner throne fades; exile becomes the felt state of separation, and Babylon appears as the emulation of a mind dislocated from its divine rule. Yet the Lord's words insist: the oath despised, the covenant broken, the consequences fall on the one who acted. This is not punishment from a judge, but a mirror of cause and effect in consciousness: patterns you have refused to own in your imagination produce a life as if in chains. Return to the pledge, and repair dawns within you as you decide, right now, in the imagination, to hold to the I AM and its covenant.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the kingly self who has kept the oath. If a pull toward Egypt arises, revise aloud: 'I, the I AM, have kept my covenant; I stand in Babylon yet remain intact.' Feel the steadiness returning to your inner throne.