God speaks in Scripture, as this passage shows, but He speaks for a definite purpose, to reveal Christ; and this fact is the key to all Difficulties about the Bible and inspiration.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Nevertheless, the Difficulties began as soon as the boy plunged into the grass, which grew so high that a man on horseback could easily be concealed in it.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Why, my good Scanlan, the Captain knows nothing, actually nothing, of his Difficulties.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever