"This vision was given to Ezekiel at a time when his mind was filled with gloomy forebodings. He saw the land of his fathers lying desolate. The city that was once full of people was no longer inhabited. The voice of mirth and the song of praise were no more heard within her walls. The prophet himself was a stranger in a strange land, where boundless ambition and savage cruelty reigned supreme. That which he saw and heard of human tyranny and wrong distressed his soul, and he mourned bitterly day and night. But the wonderful symbols presented before him beside the river Chebar revealed an overruling power mightier than that of earthly rulers. Above the proud and cruel monarchs of Assyria and Babylon the God of mercy and truth was enthroned. 5T 752.1"
"By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion."
Both passages describe the experience of exile and mourning in Babylon. EGW's description of Ezekiel's state of mind echoes the sentiment expressed in Psalm 137:1.
"The wheellike complications that appeared to the prophet to be involved in such confusion were under the guidance of an infinite hand. The Spirit of God, revealed to him as moving and directing these wheels, brought harmony out of confusion; so the whole world was under His control. Myriads of glorified beings were ready at His word to overrule the power and policy of evil men, and bring good to His faithful ones. 5T 752.2"
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
Both passages convey the idea that God is in control and works all things for good, even amidst apparent chaos.