Neville Goddard on Habakkuk 1:2-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Habakkuk 1 in context

Scripture Focus

2O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

3Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

5Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.

7They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

8Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

11Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

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 1:2-17

Biblical Context

The prophet laments God's silence amid violence and injustice, then receives a prophecy that God will judge and correct through a sweeping, unsettling power.

Neville's Inner Vision

Habakkuk 1:2-17 speaks in the key of outer trouble, but in Neville's world every trouble is a signal from your inner state. The cry for help is really a call for a new assumption. When you feel the law slack and judgment rushing past, you are simply seeing the old state in motion, not a distant fate. The Chaldeans symbolize the swift currents of your own thoughts and beliefs that sweep through your inner landscape, seeking possessions that are not theirs in truth. Yet the message is not defeat; it is invitation: a work I will do in your days, a transformation you will hardly believe because you imagine from a consciousness that is already free. Do not beg God to save you from violence outside; awaken to the fact that every scene reflects your own inner decision. Your awareness is the instrument of providence, refining your sense of order and worth until judgment becomes correction and you are finally aware of the living I AM behind every movement.

Practice This Now

Assume a single, decisive statement as true: 'I am the I AM, and this moment is the manifestation of perfection now.' Close your eyes, breathe, and feel that state until the surrounding scene rearranges to reflect harmony.