Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 28:11-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 28 in context

Scripture Focus

11Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

12Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

14Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

15Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

16By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

17Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

18Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

19All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

Ezekiel 28:11-19

Biblical Context

The passage laments the king of Tyre as a symbol of perfect beauty and wisdom that degenerates into pride. He is exalted, yet corrupted, and cast down from the mountain.

Neville's Inner Vision

When Ezekiel speaks of the king of Tyre, he is naming an inner state in every soul: the ego who believes itself to be the source of power and beauty. The Edenic imagery—every precious stone and music—shows how consciousness once treasures itself, and imagines it sits on the holy mountain of God. But when the heart is lifted up by brightness, wisdom becomes pride, and the self-image becomes an idol wearing the robe of perfection. This is not a punishment meted from outside; it is the self collapsing under its own image, the fire devouring the inner sanctuary as you mistake form for reality. In Neville terms, you are the I AM behind all coverings, and these coverings are merely thoughts you have accepted as you. The remedy is to revise the sense of self, to refuse the glamour of the image, and to feel the truth that you are consciousness, not the dream of it. By dwelling in that realization and feeling it as real, the ego's tyranny dissolves and the temple within becomes radiant again.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and declare I AM the awareness behind all form. Then revise the self-image you call pride, and feel it real that you are consciousness rather than the image you wear.