Neville Goddard on Habakkuk 2:16-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Habakkuk 2 in context

Scripture Focus

16Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

17For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Habakkuk 2:16-17

Biblical Context

The verses warn that the proud are filled with glory but will be made to drink the Lord's cup, and their glory is exposed; violence and ruin follow their movements.

Neville's Inner Vision

This text, read through Neville Goddard's lens, speaks not of distant doom but of your inner weather. The 'cup of the LORD's right hand' is the draught you drink when you mistake external power for inner truth. 'Thou art filled with shame for glory' signals that your self-image of glory becomes exposed when your inner movements—pride, control, fear—meet consequence. The 'violence of Lebanon' and the 'spoil of beasts' are symbolic storms in the psyche—anger, domination, and the costs of action that outpace awareness. The law here is a mirror: as you identify with a state, it must appear as your experience. By turning inward to the I AM, you can reverse the draught: the cup loses its power over you, your true glory remains intact in awareness, and external disturbances soften as you revise your posture. The practice is to claim awareness, realign with the consciousness that you are the observer, and allow transformation to begin from within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and rest in the I AM. Assume the feeling that you are the observer of the scene, revise the image: the cup of wrath is emptied of personal power, and your inner glory shines unmoved regardless of outward appearances.