Said the angel: “Hear, O heavens, the cry of the oppressed, and reward the oppressors double according to their deeds.” This nation will yet be humbled into the dust. England is studying whether it is best to take advantage of the present weak condition of our nation, and venture to make war upon her. She is weighing the matter, and trying to sound other nations. She fears, if she should commence war abroad, that she would be weak at home, and that other nations would take advantage of her weakness. Other nations are making quiet yet active preparations for war, and are hoping that England will make war with our nation, for then they would improve the opportunity to be revenged on her for the advantage she has taken of them in the past and the injustice done them. A portion of the queen's subjects are waiting a favorable opportunity to break their yoke; but if England thinks it will pay, she will not hesitate a moment to improve her opportunities to exercise her power and humble our na…
"Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double."
The phrase "reward her double according to her deeds" in the EGW passage is a clear allusion to Revelation 18:6, which speaks of doubling the punishment for Babylon's sins. The context of oppression and retribution further strengthens the connection.
"Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth."
Both passages address the cry of the oppressed and the coming judgment on the oppressors. While the specific context differs (slavery vs. mistreatment of laborers), the underlying principle of divine justice responding to the cries of the oppressed is present in both.