Neville Goddard on Habakkuk 1:12-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Habakkuk 1 in context

Scripture Focus

12Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

13Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

14And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

16Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

17Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

Habakkuk 1:12-17

Biblical Context

Habakkuk 1:12-17 presents the prophet declaring God's timeless holiness, affirming life for the righteous, and confronting the troubling reality that the wicked seem to prosper. The nets, drag, and sacrifices describe how human schemes and idolatry trap nations, inviting us to turn inward for true justice.

Neville's Inner Vision

This dialogue is not about outer rulers alone, but about the state of consciousness that sees and endures. 'From everlasting' points to your own I AM, the unshaken awareness that cannot be moved by appearances. The 'wicked' who devour the righteous are not out there; they are the persistent thoughts and habitual fears that spread your sense of lack and danger. The nets and drags are the structures you have welcomed into your mind—identities, possessions, judgments, and stories you worship because they promise security. God’s sight of purity reveals that evil cannot truly touch the I AM, and thus the question is really: whose tongue is it that looks and blinks at seeming evil? When you identify with the observer, you realize the apparent chaos is only a projection of inner state. Justice comes not by force from without, but by the inward revision: you replace blame with awareness, fear with love, and scarcity with abiding sufficiency. The prophet’s insistence that God has ordained correction becomes your invitation to revise your world from within, until the outer scene reflects your inner harmony.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and declare, I am the I AM, the everlasting observer I who rewrites appearances. Feel the internal shift as you revise the 'nets' of limitation into expressions of inner abundance.