Neville Goddard on Habakkuk 1:5-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Habakkuk 1 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Habakkuk 1:5-11

Biblical Context

Habakkuk 1:5-11 presents God promising a future upheaval through a fierce nation as judgment. The prophet is urged to behold and marvel at a change beyond ordinary belief.

Neville's Inner Vision

Let the words be read not as history but as your inner weather report. The 'Chaldeans' are the fierce thoughts that rise within you—fear, doubt, the old code of 'them' and 'us'—marching through the breadth of your mind to possess places you once called Yours. God’s promise, I will work a work in your days, is the announcement of the I AM within you, the creative consciousness that will do a thing you would not believe unless you turn your attention inward. The line 'their mind change' is your own opportunity: a shift in which you stop identifying with the power of the old self and begin attributing power to your imaginal act. When you assume a new state—security, clarity, abundance—and feel it as present, you are not waiting for the world to change; you are becoming the cause of change. The 'dignity' and 'judgment' proceed from within you as you stand under the light of awareness, and what seemed to overwhelm you becomes a signal that you are ready to claim a new order.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: In the next moment, sit quietly and imagine you are the aware I AM, overseeing a scene where the 'Chaldeans' are quietly folded into your desired state; feel this new state as already yours.