“Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ‘The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.’
For he thought, ‘Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?’ ”
I have no clue what you’re thinking about right now. Not a one. That’s normal, I think.
Despite this, when we read novels and the writer tells us precisely what is on the mind of the protagonist, we barely notice how bizarre that is. After all, it is the author’s
story and it is his prerogative to drive its narrative or provide insight into its characters via whatever literary technique he chooses.
Not in the real world. If a news reporter presumes to inform us
what President Trump really intends when he thumbs his latest tweet into his iPhone for the nation, we rightly think she is overstepping her role just a bit. How could she possibly know for sure?
Bible history is a little different.