Neville Goddard on Habakkuk 2:6-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Habakkuk 2 in context

Scripture Focus

6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

13Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

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.

18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

20But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

Habakkuk 2:6-20

Biblical Context

The passage pronounces woes on injustice and violence, culminating in a vision that the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD's glory, exposing idols.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville perspective, Habakkuk 2:6-20 speaks not merely of external woe but of the states of consciousness you entertain. When you covet power or accumulate wealth through harm, you create a thick clay of limitation within your own mind, a self-generated obstacle to joy. The sudden rise of enemies and the lament of the oppressed are inner vibrations that return to you as you think and act in fear. The sentence about building a city by blood is a symbol: any outer structure born of violence is but a dream of separation, an idol you trust. Yet the climactic verse, that the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, reveals the liberating truth: when you shift your awareness to the LORD within, the external world begins to reflect divine unity rather than vanity. The closing injunction to keep silent before the LORD's temple invites a quiet, unforced awareness—no longer chasing shadows but resting in the one Life that animates all.

Practice This Now

Assume the state 'I AM' is the only power in me now; feel the inner temple and listen to the stillness. Then observe the world as its effect, not its cause, and let your inner awareness govern.