Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 32:2-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 32 in context

Scripture Focus

2Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

3Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

4Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

Ezekiel 32:2-4

Biblical Context

Pharaoh is depicted as a mighty force disturbing waters; God declares a net to ensnare him, casting him out and exposing him on the land.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture Pharaoh not as a distant ruler but as a stubborn state of mind—the lion of control, the whale of force that drags the streams of feeling into tumult. The waters you see in the parable are the currents of your own imagination, stirred by attachment and fear of loss. The 'net' Ezekiel speaks of is the boundary your current identity casts to hold life in a certain form. When God declares I will spread out my net, it means the higher awareness is gathering the mis-takes of self—one by one—until the old version is lifted from the land of your present sensation and left to the open field of consciousness. The birds and beasts are the natural consequences: the life that returns to you when you stop clinging to a false sovereignty. In this reading, judgment becomes a healing act: as you release the need to rule with force, you are free to inhabit a larger, truer sense of I AM, and your inner waters settle into peace. The kingdom of God is the awareness that you are always the ruler of your own inner weather.

Practice This Now

In the moment, close your eyes and imagine the inner waters calming as the net dissolves. Then rest in the sense of I AM, declaring 'I am king of my inner field' and feel it real.