Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 29:17-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 29 in context

Scripture Focus

17And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

19Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

20I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.

21In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 29:17-21

Biblical Context

In Ezekiel 29:17-21, a prophecy shows Nebuchadrezzar’s conquest of Tyre leading to Egypt being given as wages; ultimately, the horn of Israel buds, and the people will know the LORD.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the outer campaign against Tyre and the pay given to Nebuchadrezzar become allegories for inner life. Nebuchadrezzar represents the focused act of attention—the driving energy that presses against a fixed belief. Tyre, in symbolic terms, is a stubborn pattern of thought or a stuck outward circumstance. The "wages" promised by the Lord are not monetary; they are the fruits of disciplined consciousness that has yielded its grip on the old pattern. When the Lord says, "I have given him the land of Egypt," Egypt stands for a habitual mind-state—an old memory of lack or bondage—that you hand over to the I AM to be reordered. The "opening of the mouth" in the midst of them signals the moment when inner speech rises with authority—affirmations that declare, "I am the LORD within" and that God is present as awareness. Then the horn of Israel buds forth—new vitality, confidence, and truth arising from within—showing that the inner kingdom is waking. The whole scene invites you to convert external events into a mirror of your own inner God-awareness, not to battle history but to awaken your I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the state: 'Egypt is handed over to the I AM for transformation' and allow the inner voice to declare, 'I am the LORD within,' feeling the shift as if it were already done.