Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 31:14-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 31 in context

Scripture Focus

14To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

15Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

16I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

17They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.

18To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 31:14-18

Biblical Context

An image of a mighty tree by the waters is cast down to the pit, with nations mourning and the Edenic trees giving comfort. It speaks of pride, judgment, and exile.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that nothing external has power over you save the state of your own consciousness. In Ezekiel’s vision the great tree represents your own self-regard when it takes the form of height and position; the fall reveals that the perceived glory was only a mental image. When you align with the I AM, you stop feeding the impulse to exalt, and the ‘waters’ of life cease to stir your pride. The Lord God is the still, inner awareness that declares you are not the tree but the witness who knows you exist. The fall becomes a return to inner stillness: the so-called kingdoms tremble at the memory of former pride, yet comfort comes as you realize you are not diminished, only returning to humility and unity with all that drink of life. The judgment is a doorway to deeper alignment with I AM, where you are the watcher within, not the spectacle of height, and thus the illusion of pit and height loses its power.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume the I AM aware of the 'prideful tree' within you; revise the scene by declaring: 'I am the I AM. Height and exaltation are only thoughts; I choose humility and unity with all life.' Feel the truth as if it already is.